AC Milan’s Filippo Inzaghi is excluded from the 24-man draf squad for the Azzurri’s Euro 2008 campaign despitee the recent rich of form. Inzaghi, together with club mate Massimo Oddo, are said to be excluded for being prone to injury. Mean while, Antonio Cassano is a surprise inclusion in the 24-man draft Italy squad.

Juventus captain Alessandro Del Piero, 33, is included after scoring 21 goals this term to finish as the top flight’s leading scorer, winning the golden boot award. This is his best scoring season since 1997/1998, which is 10 years ago. Juve’s clubmate and World Cup Winner Vincenzo Iaquinta, who are struggling with injuries are also excluded.

Italy squad
Goalkeepers: Marco Amelia (AS Livorno Calcio), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Morgan De Sanctis (Sevilla FC).

Defenders: Andrea Barzagli (US Città di Palermo), Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid CF), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Fabio Grosso (Olympique Lyonnais), Marco Materazzi (FC Internazionale Milano), Christian Panucci (AS Roma), Gianluca Zambrotta (FC Barcelona).

Midfielders: Massimo Ambrosini (AC Milan), Alberto Aquilani (AS Roma), Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Daniele De Rossi (AS Roma), Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan), Riccardo Montolivo (ACF Fiorentina), Simone Perrotta (AS Roma), Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan).

Forwards: Marco Borriello (Genoa CFC), Antonio Cassano (UC Sampdoria), Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Antonio Di Natale (Udinese Calcio), Fabio Quagliarella (Udinese Calcio), Luca Toni (FC Bayern München).