Marcello Lippi has omittted two of Italy’s best-known strikers for his squad to face Scotland in Milan.

Lippi has left out Christian Vieri and Alessandro Del Piero, in favour of Antonio Cassano, Mauro Esposito of Cagliari and Luca Toni.

Vieri’s absence is due to a knee injury, but Del Piero is fit and is Juventus’ leading scorer in the league this season.

Italy squad
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Morgan De Sanctis (Udinese), Flavio Roma (Monaco); Andrea Barzagli (Palermo), Daniele Bonera (Parma), Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Fiorentina), Fabio Grosso (Palermo), Marco Materazzi (Internazionale), Alessandro Nesta (Milan), Christian Zaccardo (Palermo); Simone Barone (Palermo), Emanuele Blasi (Juventus), Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Daniele de Rossi (Roma), Gennaro Gattuso (Milan), Andrea Pirlo (Milan); Antonio Cassano (Roma), Mauro Esposito (Cagliari), Alberto Gilardino (Parma), Vincenzo Montella (Roma), Luca Toni (Palermo), Francesco Totti (Roma)