Pepe set for Italy debut, Lippi hints

    Friday, October 10, 2008

    ROME, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Udinese forward Simone Pepe is set to make his Italy debut in Saturday's Group Eight World Cup qualifier in Bulgaria, coach Marcello Lippi hinted on Friday. "A little Pepe is always good in the national team," Lippi told reporters, making a pun with the player's surname which is also the Italian word for pepper. "I like him very much. He covers and attacks on the wing. He has a good shot and quality." Pepe is expected to start on the right side of an attacking trident ...

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