Italy Euro 2012 Squad

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

Defenders:Abate (Milan), Astori (Cagliari), Balzaretti (Palermo), Barzagli (Juventus), Bocchetti (Rubin Kazan), Bonucci (Juventus), Chiellini (Juventus), Criscito (Zenit San Pietroburgo), Maggio (Napoli), Ogbonna (Torino), Ranocchia (Inter);

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

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

Thoughts?

It seems Chiellini's injury will be recovered by the time the tournament starts. That is good news as I think the defence should include the Juve trio of Chiellini, Barzagli and Bonucci.

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).

Ranocchia and Destro are the last two to be cut from the list.

Italy’s friendly against Luxembourg has been called off after an earthquake struck the country this morning.

Squad list:
1 Gianluigi Buffon
14 Morgan De Sanctis
12 Salvatore Sirigu
7 Ignazio Abate
6 Federico Balzaretti
15 Andrea Barzagli
19 Leonardo Bonucci
3 Giorgio Chiellini
2 Christian Maggio
4 Angelo Ogbonna
16 Daniele De Rossi
22 Alessandro Diamanti
13 Emanuele Giaccherini
8 Claudio Marchisio
18 Riccardo Montolivo
5 Thiago Motta
23 Antonio Nocerino
21 Andrea Pirlo
9 Mario Balotelli
17 Fabio Borini
10 Antonio Cassano
11 Antonio Di Natale
20 Sebastian Giovinco

aldair6 wrote:

Italy’s friendly against Luxembourg has been called off after an earthquake struck the country this morning.

Yes, they are having a bad time in Emilia-Romagna - glad I'm going further nort on Thursday.

Yeah my brother lives in Bologna he says it is quite bad and I am going out there next month

Well I hope you both stay safe.

Mi piace calcio wrote:

Ranocchia and Destro are the last two to be cut from the list.

Agree with the decision to cut them two. Destro's inclusion in the initial 32 was a big surprise, and Ogbonna is meant to be pretty good (from what I've heard). Ranocchia hasn't been too convincing.

Why was Ranocchia even called up in the first place? From being the next best prospect after his spell at Bari, he really has lost his way since joining Inter. Whenever I seen him play, he looked like a bag of nerves and there was a guaranteed mistake.

taz wrote:

Why was Ranocchia even called up in the first place? From being the next best prospect after his spell at Bari, he really has lost his way since joining Inter. Whenever I seen him play, he looked like a bag of nerves and there was a guaranteed mistake.

Yeah I was surprised he was called up too. I think he will turn out to be a good defender but this season just gone was one to forget for him.