Juventus forward Raffaele Palladino received a surprise first call-up to the Italy squad yesterday for the Euro 2008 Group B qualifiers in Scotland on Saturday and at home to Faroe Islands on November 21.

His Juve team-mate Alessandro Del Piero, 33, and Milan forward Filippo Inzaghi, 34, were again ignored by coach Roberto Donadoni after he left them out of his last squad for a qualifier, citing their age.

The world champions are third in Group B, one point behind Scotland and two behind leaders France. A defeat in Glasgow would make life difficult for the Italians, who would then have to win against the Faroes and hope Ukraine beat France at home the same night in order to go through.

Palladino, 23, has operated as winger of late for Juventus and his flexibility has appealed to Donadoni. Milan striker Alberto Gilardino was included after being left out of recent squads while Juve striker Vincenzo Iaquinta is fit to return after skipping the 2-0 win over Georgia last month through injury.

Captain Fabio Cannavaro is back from suspension and Gianluca Zambrotta has been called up after recovering from an ankle problem.

Squad: Goalkeepers - Amelia (Livorno), Buffon (Juventus), Curci (Roma).

Defenders - Barzagli (Palermo), Bonera (Milan), Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Chiellini (Juventus), Grosso (Lyon), Oddo (Milan), Panucci (Roma), Zambrotta (Barcelona).

Midfielders - Ambrosini (Milan), Camoranesi (Juventus), De Rossi (Roma), Gattuso (Milan), Perrotta (Roma), Pirlo (Milan).

Forwards - Di Natale (Udinese), Gilardino (Milan), Iaquinta (Juve), Lucarelli (Shakhtar Donetsk), Palladino (Juve), Quagliarella (Udinese), Toni (Bayern Munich).