Cesare Prandelli cuts Italian squad down to 25

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Antonio Di Natale was included in the 25-man squad and has 10 goals in 26 games.SNS Group

Italy manager Cesare Prandelli has cut his 32-man squad to 25 ahead of the warm-up match with Luxembourg.

A further two players will be cut from the squad in the next 24-hours, to meet the Tuesday deadline imposed by UEFA.

Provisional Italian 25-man squad:

Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) Morgan De Sanctis (Napoli) Salvatore Sirigu (PSG)

Ignazio Abate (Milan) Federico Balzaretti (Palermo) Andrea Barzagli (Juventus) Leonardo Bonucci (Milan) Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) Angelo Ogbonna (Torino) Christian Maggio (Napoli) Andrea Ranocchia (Inter)

Daniele De Rossi (Roma) Alessandro Diamanti (Bologna) Emanuele Giaccherini (Juventus) Claudio Marchisio (Juventus) Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina) Thiago Motta (PSG) Antonio Nocerino (Milan) Andrea Pirlo (Juventus)

Mario Balotelli (Man City) Fabio Borini (Roma) Antonio Cassano (Milan) Mattia Destro (Siena) Antonio Di Natale (Udinese) Sebastian Giovinco (Parma)

One of the players who the Italian manager has opted to drop is Domenico Criscito of Zenit St Petersburg, who has been named in the latest revelations regarding Italian match-fixing. Prandelli has also opted not to include Davide Astori (Cagliari), Salvatore Bocchetti (Rubin), and uncapped Luca Cigarini (Atalanta), Ezequiel Schelotto (Atalanta) and Marco Verratti (Pescara).

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