Italy drops four veterans for Sweden friendly

Italy drops four veterans for Sweden friendly

Published Nov. 14, 2009 11:11 p.m. ET

Italy has dropped veterans Gianluigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Gianluca Zambrotta and Andrea Pirlo from the squad for Wednesday's friendly with Sweden in Cesena.

Coach Marcello Lippi made the announcement following a 0-0 draw with the Netherlands on Saturday in another friendly.

No new players were called up.




Squad:

Goalkeepers: Morgan De Sanctis (Napoli), Federico Marchetti (Cagliari).

Defenders: Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Fabio Grosso (Juventus), Nicola Legrottaglie (Juventus), Salvatore Bocchetti (Genoa), Domenico Criscito (Genoa), Christian Maggio (Napoli), Mattia Cassani (Palermo).

Midfielders: Davide Biondini (Cagliari), Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Antonio Candreva (Livorno), Daniele Galloppa (Parma), Marco Marchionni (Fiorentina), Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria).

Forwards: Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina), Raffaele Palladino (Genoa), Giampaolo Pazzini (Sampdoria) Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal).

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