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Prandelli: Italy would quit Euros if asked

"If they would say to us that for the good of football the national team must not go to the Euros, it would not be a problem," Prandelli told Rai television a week before the tournament starts in Ukraine and Poland.

Neither European governing body UEFA nor the Italian football federation have suggested Italy pull out of the tournament but Prandelli is preparing himself nevertheless.

"There are more important things," he added.

"I want to talk only about football but what is happening requires us to discuss something different. We continue to say that those involved will not leave for the Euros," Prandelli added before defending Juventus pair Buffon and Bonucci.

"Buffon is very strong, he has great personality," he said.

"The Juventus players, until proven otherwise, have not been put under formal investigation."

Italy's 2006 World Cup triumph followed another major match-fixing scandal and pundits said the bond within the squad created by the affair helped them in their success.