Marcello Lippi has left Alessandro Del Piero and Antonio Cassano out of Italy’s friendly with Brazil, but included Giuseppe Rossi and Vincenzo Iaquinta.
The Coach named his squad list for Tuesday’s friendly match at the Emirates Stadium in London, but there was again no room for the Juventus captain or Sampdoria star.
Gianluigi Buffon, Andrea Pirlo, Alberto Aquilani, Gianluca Zambrotta and Antonio Di Natale return from injury spells.
There are no significant novelties in the squad, as Rossi has now permanently made the step up from Under-21 to senior level.
Despite Udinese’s crisis, Simone Pepe, Fabio Quagliarella and Di Natale remain in the side along with Vincenzo Iaquinta, who can barely get a game at Juve.
Giorgio Chiellini is out injured, but Bianconeri teammate Nicola Legrottaglie is included.
Italy squad
Goalkeepers: Buffon (Juventus), Amelia (Palermo), De Sanctis (Galatasaray).
Defenders: Bonera (Milan), Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Dossena (Liverpool), Gamberini (Fiorentina), Grosso (Olympique Lyon), Legrottaglie (Juventus), Zambrotta (Milan).
Midfielders: Aquilani (Roma), Camoranesi (Juventus), De Rossi (Roma), Montolivo (Fiorentina), Pepe (Udinese), Perrotta (Roma), Pirlo (Milan).
Forwards: Di Natale (Udinese), Gilardino (Fiorentina), Iaquinta (Juventus), Quagliarella (Udinese), Rossi (Villarreal), Toni (Bayern Munich).
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