Azzurri Thread (50 Viewers)

[Trequartista]

Gotta love his epic sideburns as well.

 

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[delpiero4life]

I just love seeing inter without starters and 1 squad player

 

[jukazem]

Criscito injured or just shit?

 

[Salvo]

Decent squad. Giach is a useful player to have in a squad, flexible.

 

[Cuti]

Criscito injured or just shit?

shit

 

[frick]

Can't it be just both?

 

[vaper]

4-0
Pirlo MOTM
Aquliani close second

 

[Stevie]

How did Gio do?

 

[Alex-444]

 

[Trequartista]

Pirlo's freekick

 

[tyouto]

Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has announced his squad for this summer’s Confederations Cup.

The Azzurri boss had chosen a 31-man preliminary squad but managed to whittle that down to 23 players on Monday evening.

Angelo Ogbonna, Andrea Ranocchia,Michael Agazzi, Giacomo Bonaventura, Andrea Poli and Marco Sau have all been cut from the team. While Luca Antonelli had already pulled out due to injury.

It was thought experienced defender Andrea Barzagli would miss the tournament through injury, but Prandelli has deemed him well enough to travel with the national team.

The Confederations Cup takes place between June 15 and 30, with Italy kicking off on June 16 against Mexico. However before the Azzurri fly out to Brazil, they have a World Cup 2014 Qualifier against Czech Republic to play on Friday.

The full Confederations Cup squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Federico Marchetti (Lazio), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris St. Germain)

Defenders: Ignazio Abate (Milan), Davide Astori (Cagliari), Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Mattia De Sciglio (Milan), Christian Maggio (Napoli)

Midfielders: Alberto Aquilani (Fiorentina), Antonio Candreva (Lazio), Alessio Cerci (Torino), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Alessandro Diamanti (Bologna), Emanuele Giaccherini (Juventus), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Riccardo Montolivo (Milan), Andrea Pirlo (Juventus)

Forwards: Mario Balotelli (Milan), Stephan El Shaarawy (Milan), Alberto Gilardino (Bologna), Sebastian Giovinco (Juventus)

 

[Vinny Del Pogba]

Can't believe Giovinco made the team. Good for him.

 

[Bianconero81]

That forward line is so thin; they are one injury away from being absolute shit.

 

[Vinny Del Pogba]

That forward line is so thin; they are one injury away from being absolute shit.

True...

 

[AFL_ITALIA]

Prandelli should have went with Di Natale instead.

 

[Lorenzo Juve]

Can't wait
Love watching the Azzurri!
Hope we can knock out Spain for revenge for the Euros.

 

[Joe]

That forward line is so thin; they are one injury away from being absolute shit.

Prandelli should have went with Di Natale instead.

I'm really shocked that Prandelli chose Gilardino over Di Natale. I wonder what his reasoning behind that was.

But yeah, the attack line is thin. An injury could end Italy's campaign.

 

[Fr3sh]

That forward line is so thin; they are one injury away from being absolute shit.

Gila will save day.

 

[JuveJay]

I'm really shocked that Prandelli chose Gilardino over Di Natale. I wonder what his reasoning behind that was.

But yeah, the attack line is thin. An injury could end Italy's campaign.

It's worth remembering that either Cerci or Diamanti will most probably form part of the attack, depending on the formation.

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Pretty sure Prandelli will play with four CMs, so I'm expecting the 4-3-1-2 against Czech Republic in the qualifier and in the first game against Mexico in the CC.