Lippi names pre-World Cup squad

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Lippi names pre-World Cup squad

(AFP) Sunday 2 May 2010

AFP

Italy coach Marcello Lippi on Sunday named a 29-man squad for a pre-FIFA World Cup™ get-together in Rome on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Of the players likely to go to South Africa only AS Roma's Daniele De Rossi was missing from the squad.
Italy are the reigning champions and face Paraguay, Slovakia and New Zealand in Group F of this summer's finals.
Squad

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Morgan De Sanctis (Napoli), Federico Marchetti (Cagliari), Salvatore Sirigu (Palermo)
Defenders: Salvatore Bocchetti and Domenico Criscito (Genoa), Leonardo Bonucci (Bari), Fabio Cannavaro, Giorgio Chiellini, Fabio Grosso and Nicola Legrottaglie (all Juventus), Mattia Cassani (Palermo), Christian Maggio (Napoli), Gianluca Zambrotta (Milan)
Midfielders: Mauro German Camoranesi, Antonio Candreva and Claudio Marchisio (all Juventus), Andrea Cossu (Cagliari), Gennaro Gattuso and Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria), Simone Pepe (Udinese)
Forwards: Marco Borriello (AC Milan), Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Juventus), Giampaolo Pazzini (Sampdoria), Fabio Quagliarella (Napoli)

[Me]

I would cut Sirigu, Gattuso, Legrottaglie, maggio, candreva, Borriello and Zambrotta.

[Hortical]

Did Mario Balotelli eliminate himself after his boorish behavior vs Barcelona?

[Me]

He eliminated himself by not having many goals. He was always on the outside, that action probably just sealed it.