Sina Sports News is one month away from the European Cup. Croatia and the Netherlands have announced the 23-man list, while Italy's 23-man list for the European Cup has actually been released, just waiting for the final announcement, but there is no airtight wall. Italy's "Corriere dello Sport" broke the news in advance and poked out the big list of Italy. In the end, the suspense was uncovered, Del Piero was selected, while the other two candidates Inzaghi and Cassano were unsuccessful.
Del Piero, Inzaghi and Cassano are the best players in Serie A recently, but Donadoni has to make a painful choice because there are not many places left. In terms of characteristics, Donadoni needs a winger or a second striker more. As a pure striker, Inzaghi is not the kind of player he needs most. Between Cassano and Piero, whether it is public opinion, experience or recent state, Piero.
As Iaquinta withdrew due to injury, other candidates also changed. For the position of No.3 goalkeeper, Donadoni chose experienced toldo, and chiellini, the pillar of Juventus' defense, took the last bus and was selected for the 23-man list.
The list is as follows
Goalkeepers: Buffon (Juventus), amelia (Livorno), toldo (Inter Milan).
Defenders: panucci (Rome), Oddo (AC Milan), Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Materazzi (Inter Milan), Bazzali (Palermo), chiellini (Juventus), Zambrotta (Barcelona) and Grosso (Lyon).
Midfielders: Gattuso (AC Milan), Pirlo (AC Milan), Ambrosini (AC Milan), Derossi (Rome), perrotta (Rome), Aquilani (Rome) and Camoranesi (Juventus).
Strikers: Del Piero (Juventus), borriello (Genoa), Dinatale (Udinese), Quagliarella (Udinese) and Toni (Bayern Munich).