Mario Balotelli, Stephan El Shaarawy, Alberto Gilardino, Andrea Ranocchia, Antonio Candreva and Domenico Criscito return for World Cup qualifiers against Armenia and Denmark.
This evening Cesare Prandelli will name his Italy squad for the World Cup qualifiers, which should include Stephan El Shaarawy, Domenico Criscito and Mario Balotelli.
Italy Under-21 boss Devis Mangia has admitted that the decisions of Cesare Prandelli will affect his squad picks for their 2013 U-21 European Championship play-off.
Zvonimir Boban wasn’t short of an opinion before and after the Fiorentina-Juventus tie. “Andrea Pirlo should retire from the national team and Stevan Jovetic is not world class.”
PSG Coach Carlo Ancelotti hails Italian international Marco Verratti as “the new Andrea Pirlo,” although it will take time for him to reach that level.