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Italy’s footballers are bracing for an unpleasant surprise during the World Cup finals-nude photographs of themselves. The “Squadra Azzurra”  are expecting the worst from a paparazzi photographer after an incident during their final preparations for Tuesday night’s friendly against Sweden.

Goalkeeper Angelo Peruzzi pulled a muscle which cost him a place at France ‘98 and in the subsequent confusion around the changing rooms, a photographer sneaked into the building on Sunday morning. He made it to a glass door which looked onto the changing rooms, in which several players were wandering about either half clothed or fully naked, and began happily snapping away. Midfielder Angelo Di Livio was the first to raise the alarm, telling the photographer in no uncertain terms where to go, quickly followed by a completely nude skipper Paolo Maldini. However, the snapper was quicker off the mark than the Italian team minders and was able to make a speedy getaway from their training camp at Coverciano, just outside Florence, Tuttosport reported. Now the team are wondering which of Italy’s many lurid weekly magazines, a happy hunting ground for paparazzi photographers, is going to splash the bare truth about its World Cup challengers in the weeks ahead.