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BERN, Switzerland -- Italy coach Cesare Prandelli sees Wednesdays friendly against England as an ideal testing ground for young players ahead of the World Cup qualifiers. Prandelli has opted for youth for the match in Switzerland with the inclusion of teenagers Mattia De Sciglio, Stephan El Shaarawy and Mattia Perin, as well as Manolo Gabbiadini, 20, and Andrea Poli, 22. Mario Balotelli withdrew from the squad on Monday with conjunctivitis and was replaced by Udineses Diego Fabbrini, increasing the number of uncapped players in the Italy squad to nine. "The idea is to plan the next two years and immediately see if these lads are up to proving themselves ready," Prandelli said. "For that reason the match against England is very important. "What Im expecting is to continue the way we have been playing to get the results, but improving our finishing. Thats why Im going to give most attention to the attack." Italys attack will be composed of players born after 1990 following the withdrawal of Balotelli and the decision to leave out Antonio Cassano. "I want to look at players who have different characteristics so I have options in the future," Prandelli said. "But it doesnt rule out Antonio or others. "I hoped Mario would recover in time, but it wasnt to be. I want to give him an important role, on his side he has to assume this type of responsibility." Italy beat England on penalties in the quarterfinals at the European Championship en route to the final, which it lost 4-0 to Spain. Ignazio Abate, Federico Balzaretti and Daniele De Rossi are the only three players who started the quarterfinal to be included in Prandellis squad, although Alessandro Diamanti and Antonio Nocerino came on as substitutes. England coach Roy Hodgson has also named an inexperienced squad, with only Joleon Lescott, James Milner and Ashley Young included from the starting lineup of that quarterfinal as well as substitutes Andy Carroll and Theo Walcott. Lescott was a late addition following the withdrawals of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Daniel Sturridge and goalkeeper Joe Hart with injuries. Harts absence means Birmingham Citys Jack Butland is in line to become Englands youngest ever goalkeeper following impressive performances with Britain during the Olympic Games. Butlands only senior experience at club level is the 24 games he played on loan for Cheltenham in the fourth tier of English football last season. "Its what dreams are made of," Butland said. "Unfortunately its come, or hopefully will come, due to an injury which is unfortunate for Joe but if I get the chance it will be a dream come true. Its something I cant stop thinking about and Id love the chance to be able to perform on that stage on Wednesday night. "I think its very important, Im not going to try and put too much pressure on myself or expect anything because theres not a lot of goalkeepers who get the chance at such a young age so Im very privileged to be in this position. Im going to take everything in my stride. If it doesnt happen on Wednesday Im going to work harder to make it happen on a different occasion." Cheap NFL Jerseys . In reality, he might be having the biggest season of them all. Rios hit his second homer of the game, connecting for a two-run shot in the 10th inning Friday night that lifted the White Sox over the Los Angeles Angels 8-6. Wholesale nfl jerseys . The Canadian women dropped a 14-10 decision to Russia while Wales defeated the Canadian mens team 21-14. Edmontons Jen Kish scored an early try for the Canadian women but Russia pulled ahead to lead 14-5 at the half. http://www.cheapchinajerseys.us.com/ . They had optioned infielder Brooks Conrad to Triple-A Nashville after Saturdays game. Gomez injured his left hamstring running to first base on a routine fly ball in the game between the Brewers and the Giants in San Francisco on May 4. Cheap Jerseys From China . -- The Oakland Raiders have finalized a multiyear contract extension with fullback Marcel Reece. Wholesale Jerseys China . The referee issued a red card to Camara, so he will be suspended a total of two games. 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Fister (5-7) held the Blue Jays to seven hits, two walks and one run to win for the fourth time in his past five starts. He also struck out nine, one short of his season high. Cecil (2-4) allowed four hits, four walks and three runs while striking out seven in 6 2-3 innings. Jose Valverde pitched the ninth to pick up his 20th save of the season for Detroit. The Blue Jays (51-50) scored a run in the first inning after leadoff hitter Rajai Davis walked. He swiped second, his 28th stolen base of the season, continued to third on catcher Gerald Lairds throwing error and scored on a groundout by Colby Rasmus. The Tigers (54-48) struck back in the second with the three-run homer by Peralta. Delmon Young led off with a waalk and took third on a double by Ryan Raburn.dddddddddddd That set up Peraltas seventh home run of the season, a drive to left on a 3-2 curveball. It was the ninth home run allowed by Cecil in his eight starts since being recalled from the minors. The Blue Jays had their chances to get back in the game. They had two runners on base with two outs in third, fourth and fifth innings but could not come up with a clutch hit. Carreno had retired the Tigers down in order in the eighth and had two out in the ninth before surrendering Peraltas eighth homer of the season. It was the first multi-homer game of the season for the shortstop and the seventh of his career. Toronto catcher Jeff Mathis had an eight-game hit streak end, while third baseman Brett Lawrie saw his end at seven. Notes: Attendance at Rogers Centre was 35,975. ... Adam Lind missed his third consecutive game with middle back tightness. ... Brandon Morrow was scheduled to pitch two innings for single-A Dunedin on Sunday evening in his first rehabilitation outing since he went on the disabled list with a strained left oblique muscle in a start on June 11. He is scheduled to have one more start at Dunedin and then two more at double-A New Hampshire. ... Ricky Romero (8-7, 5.75 earned-run average) will start Torontos series opener in Seattle on Monday against Hisashi Iwakuma (1-2, 4.56 ERA). Romero is 0-6 in his past six starts with a 10.48 ERA. ' ' ' |
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