Italy Squad UEFA Euro 2008 Cup

The Italian Coach Roberto Donadoni has recently announced a draft of players for the Italy Squad for the UEFA Euro 2008 Cup. Roberto Donadoni took over the Italian national football team after the departure of Marcello Lippi, when he quit, after Italy won the world cup 2006 in Germany.

Italy is in the Group C of the UEFA Euro 2008 Cup (the most difficult group of Euro 2008), along with the Netherlands, France and Romania. The first game of Italy in the UEFA Euro 2008 Cup is against the Netherlands, on June the 9th at 20:45, in Berne, in Switzerland. Before, France will play against Romania, at 18:00, in Zurich.

Before the begining of the UEFA Euro 2008 Cup on June the 7th, Italy will play a friendly match against Belgium in Florence, in Italy.

The Italy Squad for the UEFA Euro 2008 Cup is as follows:

Italy Squad Forwards for the UEFA Euro 2008 Cup: Marco Borriello (Genoa CFC, Italy), Antonio Cassano (UC Sampdoria, Italy), Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus, Italy), Antonio Di Natale (Udinese Calcio, Italy), Fabio Quagliarella (Udinese Calcio, Italy), Luca Toni (FC Bayern München, Germany).

Italy Squad Midfielders for the UEFA Euro 2008 Cup: Massimo Ambrosini (AC Milan, Italy), Alberto Aquilani (AS Roma, Italy), Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus, Italy), Daniele De Rossi (AS Roma, Italy), Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan, Italy), Riccardo Montolivo (ACF Fiorentina, Italy), Simone Perrotta (AS Roma, Italy), Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan, Italy).

Italy Squad Defenders for the UEFA Euro 2008 Cup: Andrea Barzagli (US Città di Palermo, Italy), Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid CF, Spain), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus, Italy), Fabio Grosso (Olympique Lyonnais, France), Marco Materazzi (FC Internazionale Milano, Italy), Christian Panucci (AS Roma, Italy), Gianluca Zambrotta (FC Barcelona, Spain).

Italy Squad Goalkeepers for the UEFA Euro 2008 Cup: Marco Amelia (AS Livorno Calcio, Italy), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, Italy), Morgan De Sanctis (Sevilla FC, Spain).

No matter the Italian Squad for the UEFA Euro 2008 Cup looks very local, mostly players from the Italian League are on the Italian team, Italy is the favourite to win the Euro 2008 Cup, along with Portugal and Germany.