The AC Milan striker is accompanied by team-
mates Stephan El Shaarawy and Riccardo
Montolivo as Italy prepare to take on the South
American giants next week Cesare Prandelli has announced his squad for Italy’s friendly with Argentina in Rome on Wednesday, with Mario Balotelli set to return having missed the knock-out stages of the
Confederations Cup with a strained thigh.
Also returning to the team is Roma striker
Pablo Osvaldo, who was left out of Prandelli’s
Confederations Cup squad after failing to show
up to the awards ceremony for the Coppa Italia final.
Of the 27 players named in the team, all but
three play domestically, with Paris-Saint
Germain goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu and
mifielder Marco Verratti, and Sunderland
winger Emanuele Giaccherini the exceptions. Included into the team are four members of
this summer’s European Under-21
Championship squad - Doriano De Silvestri,
Alessandro Florenzi, Lorenzo Insigne and Marco
Verratti.
Juventus have the most players selected with six, while Milan and Roma are behind them with
three each.
Full Italy squad: Name
Club Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon
Juventus Federico Marchetti
Lazio Salvatore Sirigu
Paris Saint-Germain Defenders: Luca Antonelli
Genoa Davide Astori
Cagliari Andrea Barzagli
Juventus Leonardo Bonucci
Juventus Giorgio Chiellini
Juventus Doriano Silvestri
Sampdoria Christian Maggio
Napoli Andrea Ranocchia
Inter Midfielders Alberto Aquilani
Fiorentina Antonio Candreva
Cagliari Alessio Cerci
Torino Daniele De Rossi
Roma Alessandro Diamanti
Bologna Alessandro Florenzi
Roma Emanuele Giaccherini
Sunderland Claudio Marchisio
Juventus Riccardo Montolivo
AC Milan Andrea Pirlo
Juventus Marco Verratti
Paris Saint-Germain Attackers: Mario Balotelli
AC Milan Stephan El Shaarawy
AC Milan Alberto Gilardino
Genoa Lorenzo Insigne
Juventus Pablo Osvaldo
Roma
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