Italy coach Marcello Lippi named two uncapped players in his squad for the friendlies against Holland and Sweden.

Davide Biondini of Cagliari and Livorno's Antonio Candreva have been given the chance to make their first appearance for the world champions.

Italy, who qualified last month for next summer's World Cup, take on Holland in Pescara before hosting Sweden in Cesena four days later.

The Azzurri are without the injured Alessandro Gamberini, Gennaro Gattuso, Claudio Marchisio, Gaetano D'Agostino, Pepe and Vincenzo Iaquinta.

Lippi has included red-hot strikers Antonio Di Natale and Giampaolo Pazzini.

Udinese's Di Natale is Serie A's top scorer with nine goals while Pazzini has struck seven so far for Sampdoria.

Squad: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Morgan De Sanctis (Napoli), Federico Marchetti (Cagliari); Salvatore Bocchetti (Genoa), Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus), Mattia Cassani (Palermo), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Domenico Criscito (Genoa), Fabio Grosso (Juventus), Nicola Legrottaglie (Juventus), Christian Maggio (Napoli), Gianluca Zambrotta (Milan); Davide Biondini (Cagliari), Mauro German Camoranesi (Juventus), Antonio Candreva (Livorno), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Daniele Galloppa (Parma), Marco Marchionni (Fiorentina), Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria), Andrea Pirlo (Milan); Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina), Raffaelle Palladino (Genoa), Giampaolo Pazzini (Sampdoria), Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal).