[ITALY SPOTLIGHT] The USA isn’t the only team hobbling. Italy will be without all its big-name strikers for Wednesday’sfriendly in Genoa. American-born Giuseppe Rossi (knee injury) and Antonio Cassano (heart ailments) both face long-termlayoffs. Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli, the bad boy of Italian soccer, is “a little agitated” for Coach CesarePrandelli‘s liking and wasn’t picked. Despite 18 goals for Udinese this season, Antonio Di Natale was overlooked.That leaves a relatively young (average age: 25) and inexperienced (33 caps between them) quartet of strikers Prandelli picked to face the USA. For alook at the foursome …
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