Italy recalls Baggio, Zola for Pope's Jubilee match

October 20, 2000
SportsServer

ROME - Brescia's Roberto Baggio and Chelsea's Gianfranco Zola are the surprise recalls for the Italian national team for its match on Sunday, Oct. 29 against a Serie A All-Star XI.

The two were selected by coach Giovanni Trapattoni on Friday for the match at the Olympic Stadium which will be attended by Pope John Paul II, who was a goalkeeper in his youth in Poland.

AS Roma coach Fabio Capello and Lazio boss Sven Goran Eriksson will co-select the All Star side which will be made up of foreign players based in Serie A.

The match is part of a weekend organized for sportsmen and women as part of the Roman Catholic Church's Jubilee Year to mark the start of the third Millennium of the Christian faith.

Squad: 

Goalkeepers: Christian Abbiati (AC Milan), Gianluigi Buffon (Parma), Francesco Toldo (Fiorentina)

Defenders: Daniele Adani (Fiorentina), Valerio Bertotto (Udinese), Fabio Cannavaro (Parma), Ciro Ferrara, Mark Iuliano (both Juventus), Paolo Negro, Alessandro Nesta, Giuseppe Pancaro (all Lazio), Paolo Maldini (Milan)

Midfielders: Francesco Coco (AC Milan), Angelo Di Livio (Fiorentina), Gianluca Pessotto (Juventus), Demetrio Albertini, Massimo Ambrosini, Gennaro Gattuso (all AC Milan), Roberto Baronio (Lazio), Antonio Conte (Juventus), Luigi Di Biagio (Inter)

Forwards: Roberto Baggio (Brescia), Stefano Fiore (Udinese), Francesco Totti, Marco Delvecchio, Vicenzo Montella (AS Roma), Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea/Eng), Alessandro Del Piero, Filippo Inzaghi (both Juventus)
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