Big excitement for us here today, as we don’t have to travel far to be in the heart of Italian Brooklyn (only as far as my couch, in fact). We’re eating cannolis and drinking Moretti, and we’ve got a pot of  marinara on the stove to dip our bread in.

Let’s see how the old men of Italy perform. They tend to start off slowly in these tournaments.

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Here are the lineups:

Paraguay: Justo Villar, Carlos Bonet, Dario Veron, Paulo Da Silva, Claudio Morel Rodriguez, Enrique Daniel Vera, Jonathan Santana, Cristian Miguel Riveros, Aureliano Torres, Roque Santa Cruz, Lucas Ramon Barrios

Italy: Gianluigi Buffon, Christian Maggio, Fabio Cannavaro, Giorgio Chiellini, Gianluca Zambrotta, Claudio Marchisio, Daniele De Rossi, Riccardo Montolivo, Simone Pepe, Alberto Gilardino, Vincenzo Iaquinta