The Don Names The Squad, Batshit Crazy Phenomenon In Tow

I’ll start out by saying Roberto Donadoni has bigger grapefruits than I ever gave him credit for. Or perhaps his job security is a bit better now, enabling him to throw caution to the wind and bring the most gifted Italian not named Francesco Totti despite him being a batshit crazy motherfucker. Ladies & gents…….

CASSAAANOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

If he stays sane, Italy just won the group. The man is just that good. However, if he has a meltdown, we’re all in for a long (or short) tournament. So would any psychiatrists in the house please get to Swissaustria ASAP with a readymade crazy cocktail for Mr. Cassano.

It’s a 24 man squad, which means there’s one more name to be dropped, and I don’t think too many would argue Cassano is on probation. All you need is to look at his games against Torino and Fiorentina this year for evidence.

The rest of the squad? Standard.

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Marco Amelia (Livorno), Morgan De Sanctis (Sevilla)

Defenders: Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Marco Materazzi (Inter Milan), Christian Panucci (AS Roma), Andrea Barzagli (Palermo), Gianluca Zambrotta (Barcelona), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Fabio Grosso (Lyon)

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

Forwards: Luca Toni (Bayern Munich), Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Marco Borriello (Genoa), Fabio Quagliarella (Udinese), Antonio Cassano (Sampdoria, on loan from Real Madrid)

A little taste of things to come, hopefully: