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Didnt watch the game as Im not a big enthusiastic about internationals but I did watch the highlights:
Two unlucky own goals for Italy.
Locatelli seemed to have a bad day
Kean scored twice but the ball went near the middle, a great GK would have saved it.
Defense looks very fragile.
On the other end - Solomon seemed like a real threat.
GK - He could have definitely saved some.
Overall the result tells the story - compacent Italy.
Two unlucky own goals for Italy.
Locatelli seemed to have a bad day
Kean scored twice but the ball went near the middle, a great GK would have saved it.
Defense looks very fragile.
On the other end - Solomon seemed like a real threat.
GK - He could have definitely saved some.
Overall the result tells the story - compacent Italy.
Gattuso cant be a 6.5 when the team started so disorganized in the first half, and then failed to have any sort of defensive solidity the whole match. Props to him for making the players run, play, and seek goals at every minute, but he must be able to coach defense and control as well.
Di Lorenzo, Bastoni, Locatelli at least a point too high too.
Di Lorenzo, Bastoni, Locatelli at least a point too high too.
gattuso allegedly shouted at 2-2 "come on, let's bomb them damn it"
there are also footages of him having a few angry words with israelis. allegedly israeli players told gattuso to control and educate his players, and gattuso told them to shut up and fuck off
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that saves him from getting a 4, but he still played a weak game. 6 suggests he had a positive game
italy won despite the game donnarumma (weakest imo), bastoni, di lorenzo, mancini, barella and locatelli played. their performances were atrocious, 5-5.5 max, even if you're biased towards them
there are also footages of him having a few angry words with israelis. allegedly israeli players told gattuso to control and educate his players, and gattuso told them to shut up and fuck off
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that saves him from getting a 4, but he still played a weak game. 6 suggests he had a positive game
italy won despite the game donnarumma (weakest imo), bastoni, di lorenzo, mancini, barella and locatelli played. their performances were atrocious, 5-5.5 max, even if you're biased towards them
Donnarumma started shaky with that cancelled own goal and had a couple of strange actions, but he wasn't at fault for the goals or for most of the errors in the game. It was defense and defensive midfield were things went wrong.
The three CBs and Locatelli all had a bad game, which reveals who ultimately was to blame, Gattuso. If no one knows how to defend on the field then its the coach who didn't set them correctly. Every second ball went to Israel for like 70 minutes of the game, thats a tactical problem.
Its somewhat refreshing, an Italy that is this nerve wracking with 14 goals across two games.
The three CBs and Locatelli all had a bad game, which reveals who ultimately was to blame, Gattuso. If no one knows how to defend on the field then its the coach who didn't set them correctly. Every second ball went to Israel for like 70 minutes of the game, thats a tactical problem.
Its somewhat refreshing, an Italy that is this nerve wracking with 14 goals across two games.
it's not necessarily about the goals themselves, he was shaky as hell, i bet his team mates felt it too, and the defense lacked any direction which is usually not only on the coach but the goalie too. we always rated buffon's ability to command from the back, yesterday it was completely missing
btw i think that he could have done better before locatelli's own goal. that run was badly timed, he went for the ball and missed it
maybe you and gigiventus are right and he wasn't the worst, i still think he had a below par game. i expect much more than this from a keeper of his abilities and pedigree
btw i think that he could have done better before locatelli's own goal. that run was badly timed, he went for the ball and missed it
maybe you and gigiventus are right and he wasn't the worst, i still think he had a below par game. i expect much more than this from a keeper of his abilities and pedigree