Midnight tonight Central European Time is the deadline for World Cup teams to submit their preliminary 30 man World Cup rosters. From there they’ll have to cut the squads down to 23 by June 1st. So if you’re not in the 30, you’re not in the 23. Which means today is the day it all starts to take shape.
Selected news items so far are that Francesco Totti, Luca Toni and Alessandro Nesta have all been left out of the 30 man Italy squad. Brazil coach Dunga cut to the chase and named his 23 with no Ronaldinho, no Roberto Carlos, no Ronaldo, no Adriano and no Alexandre Pato. He’ll name an additional seven later today, but it seems Dunga already knows who he wants to take. England coach Fabio Capello didn’t spring too many surprises, but did include internationally retired defender Jamie Carragher.
You can get a good look at the coaches decisions on our World Cup 2010 squad page, which we’ll be updating throughout the day. Also, please feel free to post any news and reactions in the comments here.
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