The first of the World Cup qualifiers is in Palermo tomorrow night beginning at 20:45 CET. The squad named for the match was a very interesting one, with six of the Olympic bronze medallists named in the squad.

The Squad:

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Ivan Pelizzoli (Roma).

Defenders: Daniele Bonera (Parma), Giuseppe Favalli (Inter Milan), Matteo Ferrari (AS Roma), Nicola Legrottaglie (Juventus), Marco Materazzi (Inter Milan), Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan), Massimo Oddo (Lazio), Luciano Zauri (Lazio).

Midfielders: Massimo Ambrosini (AC Milan), Manuele Blasi (Juventus), Daniele De Rossi (AS Roma), Aimo Diana (Sampdoria), Stefano Fiore (Valencia, Spain), Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan), Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan), Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus).

Forwards: Bernardo Corradi (Valencia, Spain), Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Alberto Gilardino (Parma), Fabrizio Miccoli (Juventus), Luca Toni (Palermo), Francesco Totti (AS Roma)


Prediction: 1-1

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