Del Piero called up by Trap

April 20, 2001
Written by Alice

Italy coach Giovanni Trapattoni made his called up for the friendly match against South Africa, to be played on Wednesday, April 25, at Perugia. The call up is certainly another confirmation of Alex's great current shape.

Among the 21-men list, four Juventini (Del Piero, Inzaghi, Zambrotta and Tacchinardi), and two new faces: defender Marco Materazzi and midfielder Fabio Liverani, both from Perugia.

Here is the complete list:

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

Defenders:
Daniele Adani (Fiorentina), Valerio Bertotto (Udinese), Fabio Cannavaro (Parma), Paolo Maldini (Milan), Marco Materazzi (Perugia), Alessandro Nesta (Lazio), Giuseppe Pancaro (Lazio).

Midfielders:
Francesco Coco (Milan), Angelo Di Livio (Fiorentina), Stefano Fiore (Udinese), Fabio Liverani (Perugia), Alessio Tacchinardi (Juventus), Damiano Tommasi (Roma), Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus).

Attackers:
Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Enrico Chiesa (Fiorentina), Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus), Vincenzo Montella (Roma), Francesco Totti (Roma).
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