TEN AC Milan players are due to take place in matches and training with their national team. There will be no Serie A this weekend due to international break. Ten players from AC Milan have been called-up for nine different teams. Italy boss Cesare Prandelli has included Andrea Pirlo in the squad after the player couldn’t take place in the former Fiorentina coach’s debut earlier this... 

CESARE PRANDELLI lost on his Italy debut. New Italy boss had his first-ever Italy match last night against Ivory Coast, but he failed to make a winning side within four days. Prandelli lined-up 4-2-3-1 as expected, with Sampdoria’s Antonio Cassano, Manchester City target Inter’s Mario Balotelli and Juvnetus’ Simone Pepe behind Juve’s Amauri. Pato scores as Brazil beat... 

TRAINING in Milanello without seven players. AC Milan have resumed training today in Milanello after returned from the trip to the United States yesterday, but they trained this morning without seven players who are on international duties. Luca Antonini and Marco Borriello are currently in London with Cesare Prandelli’s Italy squad for a friendly match against Ivory Coast on Tuesday. Pirlo,... 

CESARE PRANDELLI has called up Marco Borriello and Luca Antonini for Ivory Coast friendly. Borriello didn’t make it to the World Cup with Marcello Lippi as a coach, but new Italy Boss Prandelli has called up the Neapolitan striker, who netted 15 goals last year. Antonini meanwhile, had improved a lot during the last term with Leonardo, but Lippi didn’t take him to South Africa despite... 

WORLD CHAMPIONS leave the World Cup. Marcello Lippi’s Italy were clear favourites to go through Group F – a group that includes Paraguay, Slovakia and New Zealand. However, three horrible matches, the Azzurri found themselves rock bottom. The first match was against Paraguay. Only Gianluca Zambrotta played that match which ended in 1-1 draw. Gennaro Gattuso was not used, while Andrea... 

FILIPPO INZAGHI has faith in Italy. Marcello Lippi’s boys have drawn with Paraguay in their first match in the 2010 World Cup. Italy were lacking sharpness up front, but Inzaghi believes the Azzurri have quality and they could go all the way. “Do the Azzurri need more experienced forwards? I have been through three World Cups and had great joy in 2006, now I’m cheering on those who... 

ITALY professor is optimistic over Andrea Pirlo’s return despite he suffers from calf strain. There were in the peninsula fears that the Milan midfielder will be ruled out of the World Cup following a calf injury, but the 31-year-old is trying different types of treatments and it’s working well. Italy national team doctor, Enrico Castellacci believes Pirlo will be fit for the... 

AC MILAN made first footsteps on the pitches in South Africa this week. The World Cup started on Friday, 11 of June, and the mania is on-going. Among the noises of the incredibly annoying Vuvuzela, there are also some nice games taking place in the 2010 World Cup. Many games, seven AC Milan players, only two have played. Barca want to replace Ibrahimovic with Pato Paloschi: Co-ownership renewal... 

GENNARO GATTUSO will retire following this World Cup. The midfielder will become 33 next January and after 10 lovely years with Italy national team in which he won the World Cup in 2006, he will hang his international boots following the 2010 South Africa WC, as he reveals. “It is only right, for the way I see football, that at the age of 33 I step aside and give more space for players... 

SOUTH AFRICA awaits seven Rossoneros. In nine days from today, the 2010 South Africa World Cup will start, and seven players will be delighted to represent AC Milan, as each player would like to write the history with his country. Italy Coach Marcello Lippi has excluded Marco Borriello from his final list, leaving three AC Milan players in the 23-men to fly to the World Cup with the rest... 

MARCELLO LIPPI has told that Milan defender Alessandro Nesta has decided not to rejoin Italy national team, despite he had offered him the chance to feature at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The 33-year-old has decided to give up the chance to be part of Lippi’s boys in the friendly match against Cameroon or in upcoming World Cup, which takes place in South Africa, as he’s not interesting... 

MARCO BORRIELLO is hopeful Italy Coach Marcello Lippi appreciates his hard work and will take him to the national team, but first, he wants to win the game against Atalanta. While all the Italian papers believe Borriello will step into the Italy national team again, the striker has admitted that he is yet to receive the call from Lippi over his participation in World Cup or in the friendly against... 

ROSSONERIBLOG.COM’s Meytar Zeevi sees what the odds are that Milan striker Marco Borriello will feature with Italy national team at World Cup, as the South Africa affair is getting closer. The 27-year-old striker could finally make his wish come true and help to the Italian national team in the toughest competition of all, which really, seems not realistic for them to win, and of course,... 

MASSIMO AMBROSINI shows the right spirit and plays good enough for Italy Coach Marcello Lippi to consider him to the squad according to Milan Coach Leonardo. The Rossoneri captain has said during the week that he hopes to feature in South Africa with Italy national team in this summer, but is aware that the final decision has already been being created in Marcello Lippi’s mind. Ambro has... 

ALESANDRO NESTA has re-rejected Italy return, as he claims it would be just unfair from him to join again, and ’steal’ someone else’s place in the squad. The Italian defender hung his Italy-team boots after 2006 World Cup, when was injured all along the tournament, and then played in the final in which Italy defeated France to win the glamour and the best title of all. At the... 

MARCO BORRIELLO believes it is still possible for him to be part of the men flying to South Africa this summer. The 23-men list has been announced, but Borriello still hangs hopes at Italy Coach Marcello Lippi’s words, who said that they could be last-minute changes in the final squad. Marco has suffered from many injuries last season, and could not impress anyone when was sidelined. However,... 

MARCO BORRIELLO wants to fulfill all his worth and he wants to win the Scudetto, and as addition – make it into Marcello Lippi’s World Cup squad. Milan were close to catch Inter in the Scudetto race last season, but didn’t make it, as Inter won their fourth Serie A title in a row, when Milan finished third, after Juventus – with same points. The Rossoneri haven’t... 

AC MILAN will send Klaas-Jan Huntelaar not too far away, as his side face Italy in a friendly fixture ahead of the World Cup. Italy squad will be announced on Sunday by Coach Marcello Lippi. A very interesting international friendly will take place on November 14, when there will be a break in league, as Lippi’s Italy, face van Marwijk’s Holland. Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk...