ROME (Reuters) - Giuseppe Rossi will be playing for a place in Italy's World Cup squad when Cesare Prandelli's side meet Ireland in a friendly in London on Saturday.
Rossi started just twice for Fiorentina in 2014 following a series of knee injuries but is set to start against Ireland, a match Prandelli will be using to assess the American-born attacker's physical condition before naming his 23-man squad for Brazil.
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