Italy coach Marcello Lippi has called up in-form Sampdoria striker Giampaolo Pazzini for the World Cup qualifiers against Montenegro and Republic of Ireland.
Pazzini, Roma defender Marco Motta and Genoa central defender Salvatore Bocchetti are the new faces in the squad.
Pazzini has been in terrific form since joining Sampdoria from Fiorentina in January, scoring eight Serie A goals for the Genoa-based outfit.
The Azzurri party is lacking several familiar faces through injury, however.
Defenders Nicola Legrottaglie and Daniele Bonera, midfielders Mauro Camoranesi, Alberto Aquilani and Simone Perrotta, strikers Alberto Gilardino and Luca Toni are all sidelined.
Italy, who lead Group Eight on goal difference from Ireland, play in Montenegro next Saturday before hosting Ireland on April 1.
The Italy squad is: Marco Amelia (Palermo), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Morgan De Sanctis (Galatasaray); Salvatore Bocchetti (Genoa), Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Andrea Dossena (Liverpool), Alessandro Gamberini (Fiorentina), Fabio Grosso (Lyon), Motta (Roma), Gianluca Zambrotta (Milan) ; Matteo Brighi (Roma), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Pasquale Foggia (Lazio), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria), Andrea Pirlo (Milan); Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Juventus), Giampaolo Pazzini (Sampdoria), Pepe (Udinese), Fabio Quagliarella (Udinese), Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal).
