Italy coach , Cesare Prandelli , call the 29 names which he will use for the final two games of the group stages of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Denmark and Armenia . Two names come back again to the Azzurri squad after a long absence , namely Giuseppe Rossi and Federico Balzaretti .
Giuseppe Rossi who currently plays for Fiorentina last played for Italy in the last two years . Severe knee injury that continues to haunt the left-hander was forced absence from the call with the national team , while Federico Balzaretti , left belongs to AS Roma defender was last played for Italy in a friendly match last November . Thanks to his impressive performance at the beginning of this season , which is interspersed with one goal in the Derby Della Capitale last month , making Prandelli finally had no excuse for not calling him back into the squad . Meanwhile another name filled in by the players during the routine fills slots in Prandelli 's squad , such as Gianluigi Buffon , Andrea Pirlo , Daniele De Rossi and Mario Balotelli .
Italy will travel to Copenhagen for Denmark met this weekend . While the next few days , they took turns host Armenia in San Paolo , Naples . Italy itself has already qualified for the 2014 World Cup so it is likely Prandelli will perform experiments in both games .
Here is the Italy squad for the two matches 2014 World Cup against Denmark and Armenia :
Goalkeepers : Gianluigi Buffon , Federico Marchetti , Salvatore Sirigu
Defender : Ignazio Abate , Davide Astori , Federico Balzaretti , Leonardo Bonucci , Giorgio Chiellini , Lorenzo De Silvestri , Manuel Pasqual , Andrea Ranocchia
Middle : Alberto Aquilani , Antonio Candreva , Daniele De Rossi , Alessandro Diamanti , Alessandro Florenzi , Emanuele Giaccherini , Claudio Marchisio , Riccardo Montolivo , Andrea Pirlo , Andrea Poli , Thiago Motta , Marco Verratti
Forwards: Mario Balotelli , Alessio Cerci , Alberto Gilardino , Lorenzo Insigne , Pablo Osvaldo , Giuseppe Rossi