Toni dreaming of World Cup ticket

ROME - On-loan AS Roma forward Luca Toni said he is still dreaming of a place in Italy coach Marcello Lippi's World Cup squad in South Africa after bouncing back to form since the turn of the year.

Toni has featured little since Lippi came back to the helm following Italy's quarterfinal exit at the European Championships two years ago.

And after being frozen out at Bayern Munich over the first half of the season his chances of a World Cup call-up seemed to have disappeared. But a loan move to the Italian capital as helped rejuvenate not just the 32-year-old but also his chances of heading to South Africa, although he recognizes there is a lot of competition.