Italian coach Roberto Donadoni has named a preliminary 24 man pool leaving one poor sod with the embarrassment of being the player to be miss out of the upcoming big one when he announces his final 23 man sqaud.Donadoni, who has just signed a new contract with the Italian FA surprised a lot of people with his inclusion of Real Madrid striker Antonio Cassano, who has had a decent season while on at Sampdoria. Donadoni also named veteran Alessandro Del Piero, who finished the season as Serie A's top scorer.
AC Milan's veteran forward Filippo Inzaghi, Massimo Oddo and Vincenzo Iaquinta were all omitted from the Italian squad due to injuries. The pool of 24 chosen by Donadoni are...
Goalkeepers
Marco Amelia Livorno
Gianluigi Buffon Juventus
Morgan De Sanctis Sevilla
Defenders
Andrea Barzagli Palermo
Fabio Cannavaro Real Madrid
Giorgio Chiellini Juventus
Fabio Grosso Lyon
Marco Materazzi Intern Milan
Christian Panucci Roma
Gianluca Zambrotta Barcelona
Midfielders
Massimo Ambrosini AC Milan
Alberto Aquilani Roma
Mauro Camoranesi Juventus
Daniele De Rossi Roma
Gennaro Gattuso AC Milan
Riccardo Montolivo Fiorentina
Simone Perrotta Roma
Andrea Pirlo AC Milan
Forwards
Marco Borriello Genoa
Antonio Cassano Sampdoria
Alessandro Del Piero Juventus
Antonio Di Natale Udinese
Fabio Quagliarella Udinese Calcio
Luca Toni Bayern Münich
Talking about his new contract, Donadoni said "I'm delighted with the new contract because I consider it a show of faith from the federation. I'll be the first to step down if we don't get good results."
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