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World champions Italy will want to test new players when they meet Northern Ireland in a friendly game in Pisa on Saturday. Watch live international friendlies online by subscribing to view international football on Live Sport Network.

Manager Marcello Lippi, who has settled into his old role in an easy manner, has called up as many as eight new faces to his team. The Azzurri are top of Group 8 of the European round of world cup qualifiers with our wins and two draws from the six games played so far.

Goalkeeper Federico Marchetti, fullback Davide Santon, Andrea Esposito, defender Mattia Cassani, Marco Biagianti, Giuseppe Mascara, Daniele Galloppa and Sergio Pellissier are the new faces in Lippi's team. The 23-man squad for the upcoming Confederations Cup will be named later.

Lippi has left out skipper Fabio Cannavaro, Alessandro Del Piero, Filippo Inzaghi and Antonio Cassano from his squad, although they may be recalled later. Some tight results in recent games have made Lippi look toward youth, but Gennaro Gattuso retains his spot despite only recently having recovered from knee surgery.

Meanwhile Northern Ireland will field a depleted team for this one as manager Nigel Worthington is battling a host of injury concerns ahead of the game. The manager has also opted to rest a majority of the regulars and has named 10 new faces in his 19-man squad.

David Healy, Damien Johnson and Grant McCann are the only experienced faces in this line-up. The new faces include Chris Casement, Shane Duffy, Shane Ferguson, Corry Evans, James Lawrie, Colin Coates, Martin Donnelly, Stephen Carson and Robert Garrett.

Manchester United defender Craig Cathcart was also named in the squad, but has pulled out due to injury.

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