Luiz Felipe Scolari names Brazil roster for Italy football friendly

Per a report by Brian Homewood at Reuters via The Star Online, Brazil national team coach Luiz Felipe Scolari listed his squad for the country's upcoming friendly with Italy on 21 March.

Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar (Queens Park Rangers), Diego Cavalieri (Fluminense)

Defenders: Daniel Alves (Barcelona), David Luiz (Chelsea), Dante (Bayern Munich), Thiago Silva (Paris St Germain), Filipe Luis (Atletico Madrid), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Dede (Vasco da Gama)

Midfielders: Ramires (Chelsea), Paulinho (Corinthians), Luiz Gustavo (Bayern Munich), Fernando (Gremio), Jean (Fluminense), Oscar (Chelsea), Lucas (Paris St Germain), Kaka (Real Madrid), Hernanes (Lazio)

Forwards: Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid), Hulk (Zenit St Petersburg), Neymar (Santos), Fred (Fluminense)

The ninth life of Louis Saha

Per reports from Italian and other news outlets including Sky Sports, the 34-year-old striker is set to join his ninth club with a end-of-season deal to be signed tomorrow at Lazio.

Per the report, Saha himself confirmed he is traveling via Twitter stating, "In Paris, now for Rome. Good morning."

The nine clubs are listed below:
+ Clairefontaine (youth side)
+ Metz
+ Newcastle United (loan in 1999)
+ Fulham
+ Manchester United
+ Everton
+ Tottenham Hotspur
+ Sunderland
+ Lazio


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Italy name starting XI for Dutch football friendly

The highly anticipated football friendly between the Netherlands and Italy will kick off tomorrow at Amsterdam ArenA.

Today, Italy's coach Cesare Prandelli, named his starting XI per a report at Football Italia. The Azzurri boss is going with an attack-oriented 4-3-3 coupling both Milan standouts Mario Balotelli and Stephan El Shaarawy at the front.

The other forward player, right-sided attacker, will be one of Lazio’s Antonio Candreva or Bologna attacking midfielder Alessandro Diamanti.

The Italian lineup for tomorrow's match versus the Netherlands:

Buffon; Abate, Barzagli, Astori, Santon; De Rossi, Pirlo, Montolivo; Candreva [or Diamanti], Balotelli, and El Shaarawy.