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What a boring looking squad that is. Only one attacking midfielder in that list and he's useless anyway! Why the hell is Marchionni, who is apparently top drawer as everyone's always raving about him, not in the squad, and why the hell is Materazzi there 
do some people never learn or what 
bye bye italy in the last 16 :lick:
do some people never learn or what bye bye italy in the last 16 :lick:
Great squad! only If Cassano was included, even with the bad form he had. and I wish If Abbiati was there too instead of Amelia. I am not sure about Peruzzi.
my only fear of this squad is the Goalkeeper spot. Buffon will be in bad morale after all the rumors, Peruzzi is old and bad, yeah he is not the old Peruzzi, and Amelia is not experinced. Abbiati and De sanctis (all Juventini) should have been selected..
my only fear of this squad is the Goalkeeper spot. Buffon will be in bad morale after all the rumors, Peruzzi is old and bad, yeah he is not the old Peruzzi, and Amelia is not experinced. Abbiati and De sanctis (all Juventini
) should have been selected..
Tom said:
What a boring looking squad that is. Only one attacking midfielder in that list and he's useless anyway! Why the hell is Marchionni, who is apparently top drawer as everyone's always raving about him, not in the squad, and why the hell is Materazzi there do some people never learn or what
bye bye italy in the last 16 :lick:
do some people never learn or what bye bye italy in the last 16 :lick:
Hey!!!!!!!!!! No Abbiati
??!!!! I woulda taken him over Peruzzi.If Gigi's shoulder pops out again(God forbid!),I would b more confident with Abbiati in goal than Peruzzi.Looking forward 2 seeing some great stuff from DeRossi,the lad has improved massively and combines defensuve duty with attacking impeccably.
Not too surprised with the Lucarelli situation though.Lippi chose an Iaquinta whom he has seen perform at that level over a Lucarelli who has'nt featured for the Azzuri.
Great choices except for 1 terrible and another I would prefer.
The terrible one is obvious: MATERAZZI --> why not Bonera
I would've prefered De Sanctis over Amelia.
Now looking at the squad does the order of the players give any idea of the propable starting 11? If so then Italy's starting 11 is:
Buffon, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Nesta, Grosso, Camoranesi, Pirlo, Gattuso, Totti, Toni, Gilardino.
The terrible one is obvious: MATERAZZI --> why not Bonera
I would've prefered De Sanctis over Amelia.
Now looking at the squad does the order of the players give any idea of the propable starting 11? If so then Italy's starting 11 is:
Buffon, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Nesta, Grosso, Camoranesi, Pirlo, Gattuso, Totti, Toni, Gilardino.
i woudl say that this il be the formation
-----------------buffon
grosso--nesta---cannavaro--zabrotta
---------------pirlo----------------------
camo---------------------------gattuso
-------------totti------------------------
---------toni-----inzaghi---------------
that would be hell 2 of the most prolific striekers upfront
-----------------buffon
grosso--nesta---cannavaro--zabrotta
---------------pirlo----------------------
camo---------------------------gattuso
-------------totti------------------------
---------toni-----inzaghi---------------
that would be hell 2 of the most prolific striekers upfront
I'd take Materazzi any day of the week over Bonera. The latter is an overrated ex-talent who is nothing but mediocre in Parma. Besides, he's first and foremost a right back and plays as such in the gialloblu.
De Sanctis has been overshadowed by the superb Amelia this season. The Livorno keeper is one of the main reasons his team played so well. His age also helps justifying Lippi's decision.
Peruzzi's been totally outstanding with Lazio this season. In my opinion he's been the best goalkeeper in the Serie A, and not selecting him would've been nothing but blasphemy.
It's a good squad, though I would've rather seen Tavano instead of Iaquinta.
De Sanctis has been overshadowed by the superb Amelia this season. The Livorno keeper is one of the main reasons his team played so well. His age also helps justifying Lippi's decision.
Peruzzi's been totally outstanding with Lazio this season. In my opinion he's been the best goalkeeper in the Serie A, and not selecting him would've been nothing but blasphemy.
It's a good squad, though I would've rather seen Tavano instead of Iaquinta.
great squad! the only thing that matters now is how Lippi's going to use them
attacking wise, or the ol' defensive tactics
with the class of players Italy is taking to Germany, an attacking 3-5-2 would be awesome.......although its near impossiblr for that to happen
my dream team of the Azurri
Buffon
Barzagli, Canna, Nesta
Gattuso, Pirlo, Zambro
Totti, De Rossi
Toni, Inzaghi
attacking wise, or the ol' defensive tactics
with the class of players Italy is taking to Germany, an attacking 3-5-2 would be awesome.......although its near impossiblr for that to happen
my dream team of the Azurri
Buffon
Barzagli, Canna, Nesta
Gattuso, Pirlo, Zambro
Totti, De Rossi
Toni, Inzaghi
