Italy Montenegro live

Catch up with all the exploits of the Italian national football team as they aim to defend their World Cup triumph when they come up against Montenegro in the midweek round of World Cup qualifying matches. Italy have been poor ever since their illustrious triumph two years ago and with Coach Marcelo Lippi back in the fold, they will be going into this clash hoping to bring back the ruthlessness and efficiency which made them world champions a couple of years back. The coverage for this clash begins at 19:30 GMT and you can follow all the latest live football updates from Italy vs Montenegro live online on oleolefootball.watchlive.net.

Italy come into this fixture on the back of a disappointing Euro 2008 campaign where they lost out in the quarter-final stage against Spain. Although, Italy did well to make it up to the quarter-final stage, they were outplayed by both Holland and Spain at different times and look to be a side on the wane. The lack of young talents in the Italian games in hurting the side and they will need to rely on the likes of Totti and Nesta, both of whom have recently come back in from retirement for goals and inspiration. Italy have won both their matches so far, the last one coming through a De Rossi double against Georgia a fortnight ago.

Montenegro on the other hand, will find the going tough as they try to appear in a major tournament for the first time as an independent nation. The Easter European outfit have drawn both of their matches, something they will be hoping to improve upon as they aim to scale greener pastures. A defeat her could see them fall into serious trouble as they aim to upstage Ireland and they will be hoping to put up a strong performance that would give them confidence going into the crucial round of matches against Ireland in a fortnight’s time.

Gianluigi Buffon and Mauro Camoranesi have been ruled out of Italy's upcoming World Cup qualifiers while Marco Borriello is still a big doubt for this fixture. Find out how Italy cope up with all these injuries when they host Montenegro this weekend, a match you can follow using our live TV feeds of Italy vs Montenegro live online on oleolefootball.watchlive.net.