Italy coach Cesare Prandelli retains hope of Fiorentina striker Giuseppe Rossi making the World Cup.
Rossi has been out of action since damaging knee ligaments in early January and is in a race against time to be fit for the World Cup.
Prandelli said: "I saw him, we embraced, but we won't put pressure on him. We await Rossi."
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