International Friendly: Switzerland-Italy (1 Viewer)

[danielão]

I had no idea these 2 were playing. I only found out today when I went to UEFA.com and saw that Switzerland had announced the squad.

Switzerland seems to be much improved from recent years, and all those Basel players who went far in the CL should certainly help. Switzerland are first in their Euro 2004 qualifying group, 2 points ahead of Russia.

Switzerland squad:

Keepers: Fabrice Borer, Jorg Stiel, Pascal Zuberbühler

Defenders: Bernt Haas, Remo Meyer, Patrick Müller, Murat Yakin, Bruno Berner, Ludovic Magnin, Marco Zwissig

Midfielders: Ricardo Cabanas, Fabio Celestini, Johann Vogel, Mario Cantaluppi, Christoph Spycher

Forwards: Hakan Yakin, Stephane Chapuisat, Alexander Frei, Leonard Thurre.

I expect Italy's squad to be named Sunday or Monday.

 

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[hoshi]

I hadn't heard about it either. Thanks for the update

 

[Stu]

Wow .. didn't know about this one, but nevertheless, Forza Azzurri!

 

[Dragon]

whens the match? i hope rai broadcasts it

 

[nina]

The good thing is that Trap won't use any Juve players, nor Milan's and Inter's for that matter, only Buffon and Toldo. It'll be a practise game with Trap having a go at his crazy ideas and tactics

 

[danielão]

Italy's U21 team to face Switzerland...

Portieri: Agliardi (Cosenza), Amelia (Livorno);

Difensori: Bonera (Parma), Cannavaro (Parma), Ferri (Triestina), Lanzardo (Cosenza), Moretti (Modena), Pasquale (Inter), Pisano (Brescia), Zaccardo (Bologna);

Centrocampisti: Brighi (Parma), Dalla Bona (Milan), Donati (Torino), Gatti (Catania), Lavecchia (Ascoli), Pinzi (Udinese), Zanetti (Vicenza);

Attaccanti: Borriello (Empoli), D'Agostino (Bari), Giardino (Parma), Sculli (Modena).

 

[Signor]

I never Knew about this match Keep me updated please.

 

[Ahmed_]

When is this match???

 

[Stu]

++ [ originally posted by littleD ] ++
Italy's U21 team to face Switzerland...

Portieri: Agliardi (Cosenza), Amelia (Livorno);

Difensori: Bonera (Parma), Cannavaro (Parma), Ferri (Triestina), Lanzardo (Cosenza), Moretti (Modena), Pasquale (Inter), Pisano (Brescia), Zaccardo (Bologna);

Centrocampisti: Brighi (Parma), Dalla Bona (Milan), Donati (Torino), Gatti (Catania), Lavecchia (Ascoli), Pinzi (Udinese), Zanetti (Vicenza);

Attaccanti: Borriello (Empoli), D'Agostino (Bari), Giardino (Parma), Sculli (Modena).

Tsk, tsk, tsk... No Cassano :groan:

 

[Stu]

++ [ originally posted by Ahmed ] ++
When is this match???

The match is scheduled to play on Wednesday the 30th

 

[mate]

Totti, as usual before NT matches, went out during Roma-Milan, touching his leg... or ther's really a "malediction" who do not want Totti to play 4 the NT or he try to avoid it, cause every single time is happening exately the same thing.

 

[danielão]

++ [ originally posted by mate ] ++
Totti, as usual before NT matches, went out during Roma-Milan, touching his leg... or ther's really a "malediction" who do not want Totti to play 4 the NT or he try to avoid it, cause every single time is happening exately the same thing.

Can't say I blame him this time. A friendly at this time of the year is very bad scheduling.

In fact, I hope all the Juve players who might get called pull up with "injuries" tomorrow to last just long enough to miss the friendly.

 

[danielão]

Dopo mille considerazioni ha infine stilato la lista:

portieri, Buffon (Juventus), Toldo (Inter):

difensori, Bonera (Parma), Favalli (Lazio), Ferrari (Parma), Legrottaglie (Chievo), Oddo (Lazio), Panucci (Roma);

centrocampisti, Ambrosini (Milan), Fiore (Lazio), Grosso (Perugia), Nervo (Bologna), Perrotta (Chievo), Tommasi (Roma), C. Zanetti (Inter);

attaccanti, Corradi (Lazio), Di Natale (Empoli), Di Vaio (Juventus), Miccoli (Perugia).

 

[Stu]

LOL @ Favalli in the NT :LOL:

Here's the starting lineup that I'd go with:

Buffon
Oddo - Bonera - Legrottaglie - Panucci
Fiore - Tommasi - Ambrosini - Di Natale
Miccoli - Corradi

 

[ex-rasp9]

the only thing i'd like to say is switzerlad is quite a serious rival these days. our nt plays with them in a qualifying group. the switz guys look pretty cool!

 

[Tom]

surprise surprise the best Italian holding mid is left out yet again despite being on top top form!

 

[nina]

Indeed they do Elena. We had them in the group last years when the WC qualifiers were on and they seemed pretty decent.

The chosen players for the friendly are not a surprize since the major clubs threaten Trap to not select their players. It'll be interesting to see the youngsters, such as Bonera, Legrottaglie, Di Natale, Miccoli etc. play together

 

[Signor]

++ [ originally posted by -Fantasista- ] ++
LOL @ Favalli in the NT :LOL:

Here's the starting lineup that I'd go with:

Buffon
Oddo - Bonera - Legrottaglie - Panucci
Fiore - Tommasi - Ambrosini - Di Natale
Miccoli - Corradi

Nice Lineup Stuart :thumb:
But i wonder will trap change tactics to the 4-2-3-1 again or not.

Buffon
Bonera-Ferrari-Legrottaglie-Oddo
Perrota-Ambrosini
Fiore--------Miccoli--------Di Natale
Corradi

 

[Dragon]

forza azzurri!!

 

[danielão]

++ [ originally posted by Paolo_Montero ] ++
surprise surprise the best Italian holding mid is left out yet again despite being on top top form!

Who, Tacchinardi? Do you see many players from either Juve, Milan or Inter? No. Trap was probably picking from a very limited pool of players from those teams.