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Italy names Olympic squad

AFP - 3 July 2008 17:14

Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi celebrates scoring against Zaragossa during a Spanish League match in March 2008. Italy coach Pierluigi Casiraghi has unveiled his 22-man squad -- including Rossi -- for next month´s Beijing Olympics.

ROME (AFP) - Italy coach Pierluigi Casiraghi unveiled his 22-man squad for next month's Beijing Olympics here on Thursday.

The Azzurrini (the little Azzurris) will undergo their pre-Games medical examinations on Monday before heading off to their training camp at Coverciano near Florence.

They have a warm up game against Romania scheduled for July 22 and are due to arrive in Beijing four days later.

Italy Olympic squad

Ignazio Abate (AC Milan), Robert Acquafresca (Cagliari), Salvatore Bocchetti (Genoa), Antonio Cadreva (Udinese), Luca Cigarini (Parma), Andrea Coda (Udinese), Andrea Consigli (Atalanta), Domenico Criscito (Genoa), Paolo De Ceglie (Juventus), Lorenzo De Silvestri (Lazio), Daniele Dessena (Parma), Sebastian Giovinco (Juventus), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Marco Motta (Udinese), Antonio Nocerino (Palermo), Andrea Ranocchia (Arezzo), Tommaso Rocchi (Lazio), Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal), Andrea Russotto (Treviso), Salvatore Sirigiu (Citta di Castello), Emiliano Viviano (Brescia)

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soccerwinner

3 July 2008 18:06

I don't think Italy can win soccer Olympic game. Trust me, they CAN'T !

ajax72

3 July 2008 23:24

Oh no! Not them again!

Tontodonati

4 July 2008 00:39

Gentlemen, your comment is unwarranted, for you don't have a clue who those players are! I don't know them either,but if they are Italians they must be better than Bulgarians!

BesTalentScout

4 July 2008 05:07

wow..........quite a bunch of unknowns we have there.............

darkfox1990

4 July 2008 06:26

i know rocchi and montolivo! 2!!!

rocco_blackk

4 July 2008 07:38

Citta di Castello?....what team is this?.... from Serie C 8?

sefa_yesildal

4 July 2008 12:04

Italy plays worse than Faroe Island now as everybody saw in european championship. But i know how they beat this diffuculty ; Tonto would be best coach for them, at least surely he is better than Donadoni .....................LOL...........LOL..........

BesTalentScout

4 July 2008 12:38

yes......yes......

Tonto as coach and Giorgio as his aide.........LOL

Giorgio

4 July 2008 14:28

Hey Sefa and TalentScout,

You guys are so funny !! Pity that you both come from countries that never won shit !!

And TalentScout, please remove that "Best" from your name, because your selections and predictions suck, most of the time !!!

Tontodonati

4 July 2008 16:23

Giorgio, it never fails! The above stellar minds are negletting more important issues just to discuss Italy's Olympic Team. No wonder Italy is television's most watched soccer team in the world! As a matter of fact, I would make a great coach. I have the talent, the experience and the will. All I need is enough money to be able to bribe some unsuspecting, influential Italian Federation official to hire me! In order to make it easier, you guys could send me a cash donation! Under my leadership, Italy, always retaining the best defense in the world, would also have the best attack in the world. Ajax72, at least, would appreciate that!

BesTalentScout

4 July 2008 18:59

Giorgio

ok, you can be coach and Tonto as your aide....LOL

Tontodonati

4 July 2008 19:49

Bes Talent Scout, If you're opting for Giorgio to be the Italian coach, then you have no intention of sending me a cash donation! Please, read my reply to you on the article concerning Andrea Dossena. I don't think you're smart enough to get my point!

Italiaa

4 July 2008 19:52

i think italia should bring pirlo,di rossi,cheillni,

Tontodonati

4 July 2008 20:52

Italiaa, what? Should we select Andrea Pirlo, Alessandro Del Piero and Giorgio Chiellini for the Olympic team? Then wi'll never win it!Angelo, where in Italy do you come from? It would not be Bulgaria, would it?

ajax72

5 July 2008 00:16

Tonto'll be way better off as the coach of the bulgarian women under 19 /it's barely legal/.

Tontodonati

5 July 2008 02:52

Ajax72. I would not mind that either! At my age I would welcome young beauties! But then, are Bulgarian girls as actractive as Italians?

ajax72

5 July 2008 05:43

Well using football terms it's Bulgaria 3 - Italy 0. And mind you I'm not a chauvinist. LOL.

BesTalentScout

5 July 2008 07:05

Tonto,

not that i hate Italy at all, after all my joint favourite team is Roma, which i supported when Conti was still around.

i'm not saying Dossena is junk, what i meant is mostly Benitez's signings don't work out.............

Giorgio

5 July 2008 08:45

TalentScout,

Thanks for promoting me to the position of coach, it's truly generous of you.

And you can be my 2nd assistant; that way you will finally learn how soccer is played and what soccer is all about !!

Tontodonati

5 July 2008 13:51

Giorgio, great come back!. I assume I'll be your first assistant. Well, even before being named Commissario Tecnico, I've already been demoted to second fiddle!

sanggarwaty

6 July 2008 23:00

viva casiraghi? Why not inzhagi but rocchi

sifet123

7 July 2008 00:10

ahahah What is going threw mind of Italy Couch ???

bat i think they are going to do good bat agen come on why Olympic i dont know best of lucky

tottirules

7 July 2008 23:04

Looks like to me Italy are being racist. What is wrong with Mario Balotelli from Inter? There is no black player on this team. With all the new generation of players there are to choose from, it seems Italy will not change with the times, on their perception of how to choose National Team Sqauads.

sheridinho2020

2 August 2008 05:02

italy will win it all i think them or argentina, they have plenty bright young players, so soccerwinner u dont know what ur talkin about

italianplaya6

4 August 2008 05:27

ok so they have rossi...for those of u who dont know rossi is one of the most talented young stars in italy nd i wouldnt be surprised if he gets called for the world cup in 2010

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