International Friendly: England v Italy preview

England will go into their friendly with Italy on Wednesday night with revenge in their minds. The clash in Switzerland will be the first time that the sides have met since the Azzurri knocked Roy Hodgson's men out of Euro 2012 at the quarter-final stage less than two months ago. Italy went on to reach the final of that competition but lost out to Spain in a 4-0 drubbing. Manager, Hodgson, will pick from an experimental squad after leaving out some big names in an effort to avoid any club v country availability issues. You can now buy tickets for England football, Champions League tickets and Europa League tickets online securely now!

Italy also name untried squad for England clash

Italy coach, Cesar Prandelli, has followed Hodgson's lead and has gone for an inexperienced squad for the clash at the Stade de Suisse. Only three players remain from the Italian's Ukraine squad and the team will also be missing striker Mario Balotelli, who has an eye infection. Hodgson's squad is bristling with exciting young talent, such as Tom Cleverley and Jack Butland, as England look to shape a squad to compete in World Cup 2014 in Brazil.