Going to SwissAustria!!!!

By: Marco P. | May 21st, 2008

Tuesday morning in a press conference in Rome, the Azzurri coach announced his pre-selection for Euro 2008: 24 players (4 less than what everyone anticipated, and 1 to be trimmed down before May 28) which will be representing Italy in this Summer’s great European tournament:

Goalkeepers:	Club:
Marco Amelia	Livorno
Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus
Morgan De Sanctis	Sevilla
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Defenders:
Andrea Barzagli	Palermo
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid
Giorgio Chiellini	Juventus
Fabio Grosso	Lyon
Marco Materazzi	Inter
Christian Panucci	Roma
Gianluca Zambrotta	Barcelona
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Midfielders:
Massimo Ambrosini	Milan
Alberto Aquilani	Roma
Mauro Camoranesi	Juventus
Daniele De Rossi	Roma
Gennaro Gattuso	Milan
Riccardo Montolivo	Fiorentina
Simone Perrotta	Roma
Andrea Pirlo	Milan
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Forwards:
Marco Borriello	Genoa
Antonio Cassano	Sampdoria
Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus
Antonio Di Natale	Udinese
Fabio Quagliarella	Udinese
Luca Toni	Bayern Munich

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ADP is going to Euro 2008!!! ;D

So yeah, as you can see the never-ending “Del Piero vs. Cassano, which one to pick?” issue ended with the Don… selecting both. For Italy, I guess that can only be a positive thing: more talent to spare. We can only hope that the Sampdoria forward will keep the potential “Cassanata” locked in a drawer.
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Here’s what Roberto Donadoni had to say in his press conference (source: Gazzetta):

“Ale hasn’t surprised me. I already know the abilities of each individual player. Del Piero had a period of physical problems, and once these were overcome he was back to displaying the qualities he has.“

Discuss Donadoni’s picks on the Italy blog here.
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Category: Alessandro Del Piero, Azzurri, Euro 2008

Tags: Alessandro Del Piero, Antonio Cassano, Azzurri, Euro 2008, Roberto Donadoni

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• MIkeDG |  May 21st, 2008 at 9:28 am

  
  
  

  glad to see Ale getting a call up… almost would have skipped the tournament if he didn’t get a call.

  un capitano! c’e’ solo un capitano! un capitaaaaanooooo!!!

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• alessio |  May 22nd, 2008 at 2:00 pm

  
  
  

  You think Cassano will get the #10 and ADP will stick with #7?

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• MIkeDG |  May 23rd, 2008 at 2:26 pm

  
  
  

  thats a great question. i dont know.

  Ale was kinda pissed Totti took the number from him, I think, and decided to make 7 his own. As for Cassano number 10 should always start, so I don’t think Catzano should wear it.

  And I don’t like to see derossi wearing 10; for me a number 10 should be a fantasista or a forward.

  So I would give 10 to Del Piero or Camoranesi.

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• Marco P. |  May 24th, 2008 at 12:53 am

  
  
  

  Good question alessio. Gotta agree with MikeDG, ADP will keep his nº7 I think. No point in trying to “claim” the 10 back.

  As for nº10, I think it will be Cassano’s. De Rossi will probably revert to his nº4 from the 2006 World Cup, unless Ambrosini’s got dibs on that one. If so, my guess is that De Rossi will keep 10, and Cassano will pick something else.

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• Weston |  May 26th, 2008 at 5:43 pm

  
  
  

  now that inzaghi’s gone Cassano’ll probably get 18, after his time with Roma. . .

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