Lippi has announced his final squad of 23 he will be taking to South Africa, while there aren't
too many major surprises, there were two exclusions in the attacking department which seem a bit
strange.
Here's the final 23-man squad:
Goal-keepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Morgan De Sanctis (Napoli), Federico
Marchetti (Cagliari)
Defenders: Salvatore Bocchetti (Genoa), Leonardo Bonucci (Bari), Fabio
Cannavaro (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Domenico Criscito (Genoa), Christian Maggio
(Napoli), Gianluca Zambrotta (Milan)
Midfielders: Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Gennaro
Gattuso (Milan), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Angelo Palombo
(Sampdoria), Simone Pepe (Udinese), Andrea Pirlo (Milan)
Strikers: Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina), Vincenzo
Iaquinta (Juventus), Giampaolo Pazzini (Sampdoria), Fabio Quagliarella (Napoli)
The two main exclusions that should be noted are Giuseppe Rossi and Marco Borriello, it seems
like Quagliarella beat them in the race to be the fifth striker.