Roman gladiators: Italy centrebacks Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini (right) boast 219 caps between them. — Reuters
LONDON: Italy’s old guard Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci will have the task of stopping English ‘youngsters’ Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling today.
The Juventus centrebacks are the only survivors of Italy’s 4-0 final loss to Spain in Euro 2012, and central to the side Roberto Mancini’s reconstructed after the Azzurri failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup campaign behind them.
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