Members of Italy's national football team train during a practice session in Tbilisi, yesterday. - Reuters

TBILISI, Georgia (Reuters)

Coach Roberto Donadoni will be taking nothing for granted when world champions Italy face Georgia in a match they are expected to win in their Euro 2008 qualifying Group B tomorrow.

Italy's 2-0 victory over Ukraine on Saturday gave Donadoni his first win since he took over from Marcello Lippi following July's World Cup final triumph.

The win, combined with France's loss to Scotland, gave the Azzurri's qualification campaign a needed boost after their 1-1 draw with Lithuania and 3-1 defeat to France in Paris last month, but Donadoni sees plenty of obstacles still in the way.

"France's defeat actually shows that this is a difficult group for everyone. We have to get as many points as we can everywhere we go," said the Italy coach.

"It is not going to be an easy game for us - it will be a difficult atmosphere and our opponent's will be really fired up and motivated," he added.

Donadoni will make at least one change for the game in Georgia - midfielder Gennaro Gattuso is suspended and so Simone Perrotta will likely return to the starting line-up in a three-man midfield alongside Andrea Pirlo and Daniele de Rossi.

If Donadoni opts for a fourth midfielder, then Juventus winger Mauro Camoranesi could come in for striker Vincenzo Iaquinta, while Udinese's Antonio Di Natale is competing for a place in attack alongside Luca Toni.

Georgia's German manager Klaus Toppmoeller is also missing several key players out through injury and suspension.

Top striker Shota Arveladze, who notched a hat-trick in a 6-0 thrashing of the Faroe Islands in Georgia's Euro 2008 opener two months ago, defender Malkhaz Asatiani and goalkeeper Nukri Revishvili have all been ruled out with various injuries, while influential midfielder Levan Tskitishvili is doubtful after suffering a concussion in Saturday's 2-0 friendly defeat to Germany.