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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Juventus Team To Travel Asia And Australia Announced

Juventus set off this morning from Malpensa airport for Hong Kong, to start their tour of Asia and Australia, in which the Bianconeri will play three friendlies.

Ranieri takes along a nineteen-man squad for the matches against South China and Victoria; between the two games, Juve will also play the FIAT Cup with Parma and Shenua. Players not going on tour include the internationals, plus Andrade and Iaquinta, still injured, Belardi, who has measles, and Nedved, who's suffering from an inflammation to his left ankle.

Four Youth Team boys were called up to fill out the squad, Fiory, Castiglia, Vecchione and Pasquato, alongside Rossi and Paolucci, on loan from Siena and Atalanta respectively.

The Bianconeri are scheduled to arrive in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning at 7.10 am local time (3 am in Italy). The squad will be training already in the afternoon, to prepare the game against South China, scheduled for Thursday at 8.45 pm, 2.45 pm in Italy. The game will be shown live on Sky TV and later on Juventus Channel

Here is the squad list in full:
Goalkeepers: Fiory (Youth Team), Novembre, Vanstrattan

Defenders: Birindelli, Legrottaglie, Molinaro, Rossi (on loan from Siena), Salihamidzic, Stendardo, Zebina

Midfielders: Castiglia (Youth Team), Marchionni, Tiago, Vecchione (Youth Team), Zanetti

Strikers: Palladino, Paolucci (on loan from Atalanta), Pasquato (Youth Team), Trezeguet

Posted by CAPITANO at Wednesday, May 21, 2008

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