Italy squad cut to 25

http://www.football-italia.net/19311/italy-squad-cut-25


Italy boss Cesare Prandelli has reduced his 32-man Euro 2012 squad to 25 ahead of Tuesday’s international friendly against Luxembourg.

The Coach decided to omit Domenico Criscito from contention this morning after he was named in the latest stage of the match fixing betting probe.

He then decided to release six more players later in the day and he’ll confirm his 23-man party at some stage on Tuesday morning in order to meet UEFA’s deadline.

The players who have gone home today are: Emiliano Viviano (Palermo), Criscito (Zenit), Davide Astori (Cagliari), Salvatore Bocchetti (Rubin), Luca Cigarini (Atalanta), Ezequiel Schelotto (Atalanta) and Marco Verratti (Pescara).

As is stands, the 25-man squad consists of…

Goalkeepers: Buffon (Juventus), De Sanctis (Napoli), Sirigu (Paris St. Germain);

Defenders: Abate (Milan), Balzaretti (Palermo), Barzagli (Juventus), Bonucci (Juventus), Chiellini (Juventus), Maggio (Napoli), Ogbonna (Torino), Ranocchia (Inter);

Midfielders: De Rossi (Roma), Diamanti (Bologna), Giaccherini (Juventus), Marchisio (Juventus), Montolivo (Milan), Thiago Motta (Paris St. Germain), Nocerino (Milan), Pirlo (Juventus);

Forwards: Balotelli (Manchester City), Borini (Roma), Cassano (Milan), Destro (Siena), Di Natale (Udinese), Giovinco (Parma).

Reports are suggesting that Ogbonna and Destro could be released tomorrow.

Criscito

Did he just ruin his career? Do you guys think there's any hold in those charges anyway??

LWL91 wrote:Did he just ruin his career? Do you guys think there's any hold in those charges anyway??

Doesn't really matter, he's missing a major tournament because of his own stupidity. That is a major blemish on any player.

.......................prandelli didnt include Verrati

Hope De Ceglie gets called up...

Cotes wrote:Hope De Ceglie gets called up...

Why would Prandelli call up more players when he has to make cuts still?

juveman17 wrote:.......................prandelli didnt include Verrati

Shouldn't be that big of a surprise, it's not like if he would have made it he would have had a large role in any case

:'( verrati

Verratti was only called to the 32 man squad to get an opportunity to train with the senior national team. He hasn't been included in the squad for qualifiers and has only recently debuted for the U-21 team. It would be disrespectful and unwise to take a young player that has only played in Serie B to Euros for his first national team game when other players have been called up for qualifiers. Plus, he's not a Juve player yet, so don't get too down about this.

Like Luca said, why would PDC be called up at this point?

If he joins us , he will definitely will be going to the wc in brazil

This is BS. Criscito is INNOCENT until proven guilty. What a bunch of crock. In 2006 ALL of the Juventus players were able to participtate in the World Cup even though they supposedly found Juve guilty of match fixing. Same with the Milan players. So what's the difference? He isn't even charged with anything. So what if he is proven innocent? Then he gets screwed out of a chance to play in Euro 2012? BS. He is our best LB and we need him. What are we gonna do now, play Chiellini at LB? Is he even recovered?

I'm so mad right now...

Giach stayed in the team.That's good news

Ogbonna for left back

Juventude wrote:Verratti was only called to the 32 man squad to get an opportunity to train with the senior national team. He hasn't been included in the squad for qualifiers and has only recently debuted for the U-21 team. It would be disrespectful and unwise to take a young player that has only played in Serie B to Euros for his first national team game when other players have been called up for qualifiers. Plus, he's not a Juve player yet, so don't get too down about this.

Like Luca said, why would PDC be called up at this point?

exactly... perfect response