Azzurri: Don promotes Aquilani

Roma youngster Alberto Aquilani, Milan’s Cristian Brocchi and the return of Alberto Gilardino are the main new entries to face Turkey.

Roberto Donadoni has named the Italy squad for Wednesday’s international friendly to be played at Bergamo’s Stadio Azzurri d’Italia.

Still without Francesco Totti until 2007 due to a self-imposed Azzurri exile and the injured Alessandro Del Piero and Gennaro Gattuso, the Coach has not picked a particularly experimental side.

Aquilani is promoted from the Under-21 set-up, leaving space for Parma’s Daniele Dessena to come in for the Azzurrini’s encounter with the Czech Republic on Tuesday evening in Frosinone.

Italy squad in full:
Goalkeepers: Buffon (Juventus), Amelia (Livorno).
Defenders: Oddo (Lazio), Zaccardo (Palermo), Barzagli (Palermo), Zambrotta (Barcelona), Materazzi (Inter), Pasqual (Fiorentina), Cannavaro (Real Madrid).
Midfielders: Aquilani (Roma), Barone (Torino), Brocchi (Milan), Camoranesi (Juventus), De Rossi (Roma), Mauri (Lazio), Palombo (Sampdoria).
Strikers: Rocchi (Lazio), Iaquinta (Udinese), Di Natale (Udinese), Gilardino (Milan).