This team is so much fun, brought the enjoyment back to the nazionale.
With 11 wins in a row and a 30+ GD in qualifiers it's safe to say we are back! now I want the friendlies against bigger teams. Only team that I see as scary is France, the rest (Spain, Portugal, Belgium) I see on a similar level as us, or below (Germany, England, Netherlans). Full confidence on Mancini and his process, a few games against this team before the tournament can give us an idea of what we can do.
It's a shame as a Juve fan to see so many good talents in such a young team, and to see Juve have so little to do with it. I'd take any of the first 8 midfielders for Juve for varying levels of importance in the squad. That's a strange sentence to say since usually it's the opposite. A Zaniolo, Verratti, Barella, Tonali, Sensi, etc. would do well here. The management shouldn't sleep on this.
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I’m not as down on you are about Italy’s defence and wide positions. I think Chiesa is a future superstar in the making and as much as we make fun of little Lawrence of Naples, he’s a very good player and has done well enough in the qualifying rounds when called upon. Chiellini (if fit) and Bonucci is still the best CB pairing in football and I think they have decent options at LB with Emerson/Spinazzola.
The biggest question mark is CF for me. And possibly RB, but other than that, there’s a very good depth of talent to choose from.
I think the same. The most important thing is to recover the CF. With Mancini Immobile has been less irrelevant than before, 4 matches, 3 goals and 2 assists, but 3 of those in the demolition of Armenia. Still good to score and assist in two Finland games. Belotti has been similar but better in play and contribution. Those two need to keep it up and make their mark.
The RB is less worrisome, not much problem with having a solid RB for cover and allow the rest (RW, LB) to push up more. Spinazzola and Emerson are good to do that on the left. De Sciglio, Florenzi and Di Lorenzo are all solid RBs.
Insigne enjoys Mancini. The best of the trequartistas so far. In 4 matches between injuries and rotations scored in 3 and assisted in 1. His spot is secured. The difficult question is Bernardeschi, Chiesa, or even Zaniolo for the RW spot. All play well for the team. Chiesa played the most but took until now to find the goal, still his contribution is worth it, but so is the other two.
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Insigne - Belotti - Chiesa
Barella - Jorginho - Verratti
Palmieri - Chiellini - Bonucci - Florenzi
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Looks like the team with 3 or 4 players always rotated.
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