Azzurri Thread (73 Viewers)

[Juliano13]

According to who scored he had 3 KP's against England. FWIW.

http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/617215/LiveStatistics/International-EURO-Cup-2012-England-Italy

Weird that Abate's rating is so low. Otherwise everything seems fair.

 

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[Ahmed]

Prandelli:''I have always doubts, all are serious players who deserve to play. To start Nocerino I need to take off De Rossi or Marchisio"

Prandelli: "To put Diamanti on I need to take off Cassano or Montolivo'

Prandelli:'' Montolivo has played his role well, the balls that were touched by Pirlo are also the result of Montolivo work"

 

[Trequartista]

The thing I like about playing Montolivo in the hole is that when Pirlo goes forward, he can go deeper and take his place, which he does well. He was good enough last game imo.

 

[NitK]

Prandelli:'' Montolivo has played his role well, the balls that were touched by Pirlo are also the result of Montolivo work"

PHRASING, CESARE, PHRASING!

 

[enzo]

The thing I like about playing Montolivo in the hole is that when Pirlo goes forward, he can go deeper and take his place, which he does well. He was good enough last game imo.

True. In my opinion they really harmonize. Plus, Montolivo is able to deliver dangerous passes as well. Therefore it's not like all you need to do is isolate Pirlo. You still have to watch Montolivo, which gives more room to Pirlo again. And there still is Marchisio

 

[Tommy]

Capitano should be there

 

[Elvin]

Capitano should be there

Del Piero is probably chilling at the beach somewhere.

 

[Seven]

PHRASING, CESARE, PHRASING!

Fortunately in Italian he'll probably have said "palloni" which cannot be mistaken with balls in the sense of testicles as those would be "palle".

 

[Alex-444]

 

[TARU]

some source pointed that Chiellini may be replacing Balzaretti as LB for Germany match.

 

[deggen10]

some source pointed that Chiellini may be replacing Balzaretti as LB for Germany match.

They want to shut down Lahm.

edit: Wait, not sure what side he's been playing on this tournament.

 

[Buck Fuddy]

They want to shut down Lahm.

edit: Wait, not sure what side he's been playing on this tournament.

You don't say

 

[Elvin]

I pray for the bitch slaps that punk right on the pitch.

 

[Vinny Del Pogba]

Nice! lol

 

[Stevie]

Still can't get my head around Diamanti going froma west ham reject to starting in a semi final of a major internation tournament.. All I can say is fair play man.. Fair play.

 

[Halabalu]

I am afraid that we will have to play a total catenacio against Germany. Their players surely won't feel so relaxed as during the Greece game

 

[DIECI]

some source pointed that Chiellini may be replacing Balzaretti as LB for Germany match.

who's gonna start at RB? Abate?

I see us starting like this if thats the case

Abate..Barz...Bonucci..Chiell
..DeRossi..Pirlo..Marchi
...........Montolivo
.....Balo.........Diamante or DiNatale

 

[Joe]

Because we have 2 less days of rest, and 30mins more played I can see Prandelli making a couple changes.

But personally, I hope we keep the same starting line-up as the England game.

 

[Gabriel]

http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/headtohead/team1=ita/team2=ger/index.html

Italy have never lost to Germany @ The Euros (2 draws), or World Cup (3 wins, 70,82, and 06, in addition to 2 draws). They have only ever lost to the Germans in friendlies, and once at the Olympics

Spain had never beat France in football before this euros, so yeah..

 

[Joe]

The way France approached that game was just...

I'm sure they could have put up a better fight than that.