MANAUS Brazil (Reuters) - Italy named five midfielders in their team to play England in their opening World Cup Group D match on Saturday in a sign they could try to frustrate Roy Hodgson's young fleet-footed attackers.
Veteran Andrea Pirlo is joined in midfield by Daniele De Rossi, Antonio Candreva, Claudio Marchisio as well as exciting 21-year-old Marco Verratti, who wins his seventh cap.
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