Roma striker Luca Toni is hoping his two-goal display against Genoa
on Sunday caught the eye of Italy coach Marcello Lippi.
The 32-year-old, on loan from Bayern Munich until the end of
the season, notched his first goals since his return to Serie A
football in the 3-0 win.
Toni made the move to Roma at the start of this month
following a difficult spell in the Bundesliga, where a lack of
playing time has damaged his chances of making Italy's World Cup
squad.
But the striker is hopeful Sunday's performance will have
gone some way to remedying that.
"Lippi knows what I'm capable of in the national side and
I've already had many happy moments wearing that shirt," he told
reporters. "I know the better I do at Roma the more chances I will
have to join the national side.
"Right now, what's important for me is to score many goals to
put Roma ahead."
The result against Genoa marked Roma's third win in four
games and extended the Giallorossi's unbeaten run to 10 matches.
Their next league match is at Juventus, who are also battling
for a place in the Champions League, and Toni is hopeful his team
can produce another winning performance.
"We are happy and the better we do, the more enthusiastic we
are," he added. "We'll have to play Juve now and we hope it will be
a great match."
