Azzurri Thread (52 Viewers)

[ALC]

Oh, man, Italy are so gonna bust everybody's ass at the Euros ... and Argentina will also win the next WC considering they just recently beat Spain 4-1, also in a friendly ... oh, and Aquilani is a monster

Italy and their WC players.

 

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[AndreaCristiano]

Those who jest we will see who laughs last

 

[Fake Melo]

Italy and their WC players.

Marco fucking Motta

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

It's true that you shouldn't get too carried away after games like this, but there is no doubt Italys prformances have improved big time since Prandelli has taken charge.

 

[Juventino[RUS]]

 

[Salvatore]

Cassano- "I want to thank Gigi, the Coach and my teammates for that wonderful gesture of handing me the armband."

Cassano- “I went for the warm-up and came back to the locker room to see the armband on my seat."
Cassano- "I said they’d made a mistake, but it turns out they’d talked it over beforehand to give me this amazing gift."
Cassano "Aside from being a great captain and a player, Gigi is a great man. We're next to each other on intl duty always, so he's a saint!"

Buffon's invitation for him to switch clubs.

I wouldn't say he has low football IQ, I'd say he's clumsy at times but it's not a regular thing. He doesn't give away a lot of penalties or get red cards and fouls less than he used to. As I said, I believe he'd be one of the best playing in a better team. When it comes to actually neutralising individual attackers, he's the best.

Chiellini's flaws come mainly from distribution and defensive organisation, because individually he is actually a very good defender.

 

[Juve Libnan]

It's true that you shouldn't get too carried away after games like this, but there is no doubt Italys prformances have improved big time since Prandelli has taken charge.

Imo our biggest mistake was not going full throttle in trying to hire Prandelli.He is a magnificent manager!!!

He really know how to use the players at his disposal and how to bring the best out of them.

Rossi looked really good and Cassano once again played great which he seems to do only for Italy. Criscito had a very solid game and its a shame we didnt try him at lb before shipping him off.

Pirlo was also very good,both his distribution and movement were very impressive.

 

[AFL_ITALIA]

Italy beat Spain, Germany beat Brazil, the United States showed some great promise for the future with Klinsmann. Today was a good day for me .

 

[Juventino[RUS]]

Italy beat Spain, Germany beat Brazil, the United States showed some great promise for the future with Klinsmann. Today was a good day for me .

Germany

 

[Avalanche]

Germany is the shit!

 

[da_ledgeaun]

Cassano should've been a Juve player .

He still can man, he still can..

 

[JuveJay]

Nice to win, but it's all about the performance and Prandelli has the players and fans interested and believing again.

 

[Juventino[RUS]]

Cassa-no is fat...wtf with him? Allegri should kick his ass

 

[Dostoevsky]

Cassano is great.

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Nice to win, but it's all about the performance and Prandelli has the players and fans interested and believing again.

Exactly. He's gone about things the right way.

In terms of team selection, I actually would like to see him select Abate next time.

 

[JuveJay]

Exactly. He's gone about things the right way.

In terms of team selection, I actually would like to see him select Abate next time.

I've always liked the way he has set up his teams to play but had reservations he could relay it so quickly to the national team. Still, there is a lot of work to be done and it doesn't mean an awful lot in terms of a tournament. One bad game or killer loss and everything becomes much harder, you can go out at anytime.

He is quite fortunate in some respects I guess, he has been blessed with as good attacking options as Italy have had in a while. It's not so much the individuals but the fact they suit his style of play. Cassano may or may not play all the time for his club but you know he will enjoy playing for Prandelli's Italy. Rossi suits it, Balotelli, going down to guys like Di Natale and Quagliarella. Less so for Pazzini and Matri maybe, but they are different options. The heralded son Giovinco as well, it has clicked into place in that respect.

In midfield Pirlo pulls the strings in what would otherwise be short of world class names - maybe De Rossi aside at his best - but Montolivo looks at his peak under his old mentor, any of the Italy midfielders with a bit of class and technique revel in the style of play. The short passing, triangles and lay offs.

The defense doesn't need to be spectacular, Chiellini might be a brute but he's not a donkey, he's top class and has a competent and more stylish partner, and the fullbacks try to ensure they do more running towards the opposition goal than their own. Italy has enough willing fullbacks who can get up and down the pitch to complement the system. They don't have to be top class individuals, I've seen Maggio, Criscito and Balzaretti all look excellent playing in this team and system against both mediocre and top class opponents now.

 

[Trequartista]

The major problem Prandelli will have after the Euros or in 2 years will be how to replace Pirlo.

 

[AndreaCristiano]

The major problem Prandelli will have after the Euros or in 2 years will be how to replace Pirlo.

this is the million dollar question, who will fill this void. I mean there are two years so someone can emerge

 

[JuveJay]

Poli

 

[Trequartista]

Poli