By Anna Italia
Covering the 2010 World Cup South Africa Qualifiers from an Italian Perspective


A day after the testing friendly match against New Zealand, Italy Head Coach Marcello Lippi has a clear idea on what to fix for the crucial matches of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa taking place from June 14 to June 28, 2009.

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 Italy struggled to win against New Zealand, period. It took the "experienced" Alberto Gilardino and Vincenzo Iaquinta to win the match by scoring a brace each. NEW ZEALAND 3 - 4 ITALY

Here are the updates of the Italian National Team preparations on Thursday, June 11, 2009
h. Training TBA in Southdowns College Irene/Centurion (open to the press)
After training press conference with players. 

-  Guys the first match of the Confederations Cup is only 4 days away on June 15, 2009.
-  According to Lippi, AS Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi is ready for the match against USA but is not sure if Italy captain and defender Fabio Cannavaro is ready. 

-  After the match with New Zealand, Lippi repeats that he has already his formation ready for the match against USA but only doubts on the physical aspect of some players.

- As reported by the Italian Football Federation, training this morning under the rain.  Training were players not having played enough during the match against New Zealand.  So, it was the chance to see Daniele De Rossi, Gigi Buffon, De Sanctis, Gianluca Zambrotta, Giorgio Chiellini, Fabio Grosso, Andrea Pirlo, Riccardo Montolivo, Mauro Camoranesi, Luca Toni and Vincenzo Iaquinta.

-  One more training tomorrow Friday with a local match game against Tshwane Eleven to test the players arriving in Coverciano last Saturday. It might also be the test for the "official formation" against USA.

-  Lippi insists on having Cannavaro for the opening match and this is why he has giving him resting time to recover from a minor calf pain. Today, Cannavaro trained separately.



- AS Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi told the press that he feels ready for the match and trained along 9 players today in Southdowns College. Wow, guys, De Rossi mentioned that he was afraid about missing the match for experiencing some pain in the "Achilles." 

Gee, De Rossi although trying to forget the bad sent off during the 2006 Wordl Cup when playing against USA for giving an elbowed punch.  "It is the black page in my career, it will follow me even when I retire. It is also because every time referees  come to explain to us the new rules for the Europei or the World Cup they show this episode in the DVD.  The mistake helped to grow. Now, I accept with calm the critics I received on that time."

Click the video to watch press conference from Italy and AS Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi after training in Pretoria on Thursday, June 11, 2009  for the Confederations Cup.



This is the schedule of the Italian National team for tomorrow.
Friday, June 12, 2009
h. 10.30 Training in Southdowns College Irene/Centurion (closed doors)
h. 16.30 Training in  Super Stadium di Pretoria (open to the public)
After training press conference with players



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USA - Italy
June 15, 2009
Venue: Loftus Stadium, Pretoria, South-Africa
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Competition: Confederations Cup
Egypt - Italy
June 18, 2009
Venue: Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South-Africa
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Italy - Brazil
June 21, 2009
Venue: Loftus Stadium, Pretoria, South-Africa
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