The magnificent seven

June 1st, 2000
Juventus Official Site

Juventus will be well represented at this summer's European Championships after Dino Zoff included seven Bianconeri players in his final 22-man squad for the tournament. The Italy coach made the announcement at a press conference at Coverciano on Thursday - and the news was good for everyone connected to the Delle Alpi club.

Contrary to media speculation, Lazio defender Giuseppe Pancaro is the man to miss out, which means a place in the squad for Mark Iuliano alongside fellow defenders Ciro Ferrara and Gianluca Pessotto. Antonio Conte and Gianluca Zambrotta are two of eight midfielders included, while Alessandro Del Piero and Filippo Inzaghi have been handed the number 9 and 10 shirts.

Italy kick-off their competition with a game against Turkey in Arnheim on 11 June. Before then, they travel to Oslo for a friendly against Norway on Saturday 3 June.

Further down the ladder, new signing Marco Zanchi should feature for the Italy U-21 side which faces Turkey in the European U-21 Championships in Slovakia on Thursday. At stake for Marco Tardelli's team is a place in the Final - and a passport to the Olympic football competition in Sydney.

The Italy squad

1 Gianluigi Buffon
2 Ciro Ferrara
3 Paolo Maldini
4 Demetrio Alberini
5 Fabio Cannavaro
6 Paolo Negro
7 Antonio Di Livio
8 Angelo Conte
9 Filippo Inzaghi
10 Alessandro Del Piero
11 Gianluca Pessotto
12 Francesco Toldo
13 Alessandro Nesta
14 Luigi Di Biagio
15 Mark Iuliano
16 Massimo Ambrosini
17 Gianluca Zambrotta
18 Stefano Fiore
19 Vincenzo Montella
20 Francesco Totti
21 Marco Delvecchio
22 Francesco Antonioli.
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