Italy names initial Euro 2000 squad

May 16, 2000
SportsServer

ROME - Italy coach Dino Zoff on Tuesday named an initial 26-man squad for the European championship starting in June. Zoff will cut the squad to 22 players before the tournament, which kicks off on June 10.

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Parma), Francesco Toldo (Fiorentina), Francesco Antonioli (Roma).

Defenders: Fabio Cannavaro (Parma), Alessandro Nesta (Lazio), Ciro Ferrara (Juventus), Mark Iuliano (Juventus), Paolo Maldini (AC Milan), Paolo Negro (Lazio), Gianluca Pessotto (Juventus), Giuseppe Pancaro (Lazio).

Midfielders: Massimo Ambrosini (AC Milan), Demetrio Albertini (AC Milan), Dino Baggio (Parma), Antonio Conte (Juventus), Angelo Di Livio (Fiorentina), Stefano Fiore (Udinese), Diego Fuser (Parma), Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus), Luigi Di Biagio (Inter Milan).

Forwards: Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus), Christian Vieri (Inter Milan), Francesco Totti (AS Roma), Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Vincenzo Montella (AS Roma), Marco Delvecchio (AS Roma).
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