Confederation Cup 2009: the list of Italian players named

Confederation Cup 2009 South Africa: the national team manager Marcello Lippi named the 23 players that will play the FIFA competition in the next days.

Ten days before the beginning of the Confederation Cup, the TM Lippi named the 23 players who are going to play in the tournament. One of the news is the young Davide Santon, player of Inter. In the midfield Montolivo and Palombo have been promoted, while Pazzini has not been named. Gilardino, Toni e Iaquinta confirmed. Six are the players of Juventus.

Here’s the list of Italy players named for the Confederations Cup 2009:

* Goalkeepers: Amelia (Palermo), Buffon (Juventus), De Sanctis (Galatasaray).
* Defense: Cannavaro (Juventus), Chiellini (Juventus), Dossena (Liverpool), Gamberini (Fiorentina), Grosso (Lion), Legrottaglie (Juventus), Santon (Inter), Zambrotta (Milan).
* Midfielders: Camoranesi (Juventus), De Rossi (Roma), Gattuso (Milan), Montolivo (Fiorentina), Palombo (Sampdoria), Pirlo (Milan).
* Forwarders: Gilardino (Fiorentina), Iaquinta (Juventus), Pepe (Udinese), Quagliarella (Napoli), Rossi (Villarreal), Toni (Bayern Munich).

The teams who join the FIFA tournament are:

* South Africa
* Italy
* Spain
* Brasil
* Egypt
* Iraq
* United States
* New Zealand

Italy is the Group B (with Brasil, United States and Egypt) and will start its path on June 15th against USA at 8.30 PM (Italy time).

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