Thursday, 14 November 2013

Balotelli, Pirlo, Buffon: Italy announce 28-man squad to face Nigeria next week




AC Milan’s Mario Balotelli, Gianluigi Buffon and Andrea Pirlo, have all been included in Italy’s 28-man squad, which will face the Super Eagles of Nigeria in a friendly.
THE FULL SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Federico Marchetti (Lazio), Salvatore Sirigu (PSG/FRA).
Defenders: 

Ignazio Abate (AC Milan), Federico Balzaretti (AS Roma), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Christian Maggio (Napoli), Angelo Ogbonna (Juventus), Manuel Pasqual (Fiorentina), Andrea Ranocchia (Inter), Domenico Criscito (Zenit St Petersbourg/RUS).
Midfielders: 


Antonio Candreva (Lazio), Daniele De Rossi (AS Roma), Alessandro Diamanti (Bologna), Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), Emanuele Giaccherini (Sunderland/ENG), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Riccardo Montolivo (AC Milan), Thiago Motta (Paris Saint- Germain/FRA), Marco Parolo (Parma), Andrea Pirlo (Juventus), Andrea Poli (AC
Milan).
Strikers:

 Mario Balotelli (AC Milan), Alessio Cerci (Torino), Alberto Gilardino (Genoa), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Pablo Osvaldo (Southampton/ENG), Giuseppe
Rossi (Fiorentina) 


The game will be played at Fulham’s
Craven Cottage Stadium in London on November 18, after the Nigerians face Ethiopia in a 2014 World Cup play-off second two days earlier.

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