Good news for Chinese football fans-the Azzurri are coming to town. Italy will take on China in Beijing on November 17th.

　　The international friendly is part of a scheme backed by the Italian government to combine sport with commerce in the Far East.

　　Even though the match will take place during the Italian football season, Italian football federation president Franco Carraro said the country will field a strong team.

　　Italy played China for the first time on May 11th, 1986 in a friendly in Naples as part of their preparations for the World Cup in Mexico that summer.