Donadoni picks final 21

Roberto Donadoni has excluded four players from the Euro 2008 qualifier with Scotland, but kept new boys Max Tonetto and Fabio Quagliarella.

Those of the original 25 left out of the trip to Bari are goalkeeper Marco Amelia, Fiorentina defender Manuel Pasqual, Milan’s Daniele Bonera and Chievo midfielder Franco Semioli.

The other 21 will meet at Coverciano on Sunday afternoon for the second stage of this international get-together ahead of Wednesday’s crunch tie at the Stadio San Nicola.

Amelia was suffering from a right knee problem, but the decisions were by and large tactical ones.

"I saw the new faces looking particularly sharp, especially Quagliarella," revealed Donadoni after the training session. "Will there be a debut at the first call-up? I will not exclude any possibility."

It would be a gamble to count on the Sampdoria hitman, who has no international experience or Champions League pedigree.

Other doubts include Roma midfielder Simone Perrotta, who did not train today due to a right thigh muscle twinge. "I don’t think it is anything serious," added the Coach.

Donadoni tested out a 4-2-3-1 system in training today and seemed confident this would be the right path against Scotland.

"It is one of the ideas I am considering at the moment. I performed some specific tests and am not particularly stressed."

On one side he fielded Abbiati; Zambrotta, Bonera, Barzagli, Tonetto; Gattuso, De Rossi; Quagliarella, Del Piero; Di Natale, Gilardino.

On the other were Buffon; Oddo, Cannavaro, Materazzi, Pasqual; Pirlo, Ambrosini; Camoranesi, Mauri; Rocchi, Toni.