Can't this work?:
Buffon
Licht ------- Bonucci------- - Chiellini------- - Ziegler
-------------------Vidal - Pirlo -------------Marchisio
Krasic ----------Matri - Aguero--------------
A 4-3-3, with Krasic playing more out wide, and Matri and Aguero closer to the center while Marchisio (or whoever) fills in the big gap on the left side?