Francesco Totti has admitted he is some way from full fitness, but he still hopes to play in Italy's opening World Cup match against Ghana on Monday.

The Roma forward is working his way back to peak condition after breaking a bone in his ankle in February and was delighted to come through a 45-minute run-out in a low key friendly against MSV Duisburg's youth team on Friday unscathed.

"I am at around 60-70 per cent of my condition," said Totti afterwards.

"Like everyone, I'm here to play and I feel ready to play. But it is down to the coach to make his decision and if he chooses not to play me I will accept that.

"I am happy to have got those 45 minutes in because the only way to get back to full form is through playing."

Alessandro Nesta sat out the game with a muscle strain, but coach Marcello Lippi is optimistic the AC Milan defender will not join Gianluca Zambrotta and Gennaro Gattuso in sitting out the Group E clash in Hanover because of injury.

Lippi said: "Hopefully we will only have two absentees and not three. There is an improvement in Nesta's condition - a consistent improvement."