world champions Italy and the U.S.A will met in CONCACAF champion in the Pretoria meeting, which collect in their World Cup Germany 2006 and resulted in a 1-1 tie in the first round.
Azzurri suffer from problems in the line of defense where the missing captain, Fabio Cannavaro, due to injury and is doubtful for the participation of Nicolas Egerutale colleague who was absent from the exercises in the last two days.
Has forced coach Marcello Lippi is able to involve the non-experienced defender Alessandro Jambireny alongside giant Giorgio Killeni in the absence of Egerutale recover from infection.
The officials said the Italian team that Cannavaro will most likely also the second game against Egypt established in the current 18.
Cannavaro was the need to run two to offset index on behalf of the local Registrar Paolo Maldini, who defended his country's colors in 126 international matches, also missed the friendly match against New Zealand two days ago, note that a similar scenario was tested during the 2008 European Cup, when he had an injury of the eve of the continental tournament deprived him of the partnership with his colleagues who took time from the quarter-finals by Spain on penalties champion.
The Italian team played a friendly game was not encouraging, when he had to overcome the obstacle of the underwater team defeated New Zealand 4-3 barely three days ago.
The match of particular importance to Italy striker Giuseppe Rossi, born in the U.S. state of New Jersey and stayed in the United States reached the second-year-old before he joined the ranks of Parma and from Manchester United to a seventeen-year-old then play Villarreal in the Spanish way.
Russian hopes that the team faces the United States, but most likely he will start the game on bench.
The team can rely on the main elements of Tojawa those heroes of the world and the most prominent of goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and midfielder Andrea Pirlo, and the bright giant striker Luca Toni.
On the other hand, the United States participate in this tournament for the fourth time and will be an opportunity for them to adapt to the climate of South Africa that it almost reached the guarantor of the next World Cup because it is ranked second in the CONCACAF group comfortably on Mlahakeha.
The United States is banking on Zambrotta Landon Donovan, a veteran of two European with Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich, German.