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Italy schedules Nov. 14 friendly with Netherlands

October 14, 2009, 11:27 PM Post Comments
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Italy schedules Nov. 14 friendly with Netherlands

Italy has scheduled a friendly with the Netherlands for Nov. 14 in Pescara.

The Italian football federation said Wednesday that proceeds from the match will go to relief efforts for the April 6 earthquake in the Abruzzo region. The quake killed 300 people and about 50,000 were left homeless.

Italy is also attempting to schedule a friendly against an African nation on Nov. 18, and talks are reportedly underway about facing European champion Spain in March.

Defending champion Italy qualified for the World Cup with a 2-2 draw in Ireland on Saturday.

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