Azzurri7 said:
denco,
what would be your line-up for tomorrow?
Germany's strengths is in the midfield and because of that i will actually play as much as possible the team that trounced them 4-1. Germany have never beaten Italy in the world cup and though ppl diregard history, it does count whenever 2 teams meet, like you will never believe. Ask England about Sweden or Spain about France. I think Perrotta and gatusso are a given in midfield as Perrotta will find loads of space. I think playing Dp on the left will give Klinsmann a headache on how much schneider will go forward or help out Friedrych. My main bone of contention is with Pirlo and Totti. With Totti playing all Germany have to do is put Frings on him and thats pretty much Frings's game anyways, he is not a big attacking threat but I think with Totti's lack of match fitness, Frings will not have that much headache in dealing with him and just letting Germany play their game. Pirlo has to step up, if Ddr was available i would have been tempted to go with him not Pirlo.
The 2 strikers who terrorized Germany not too long ago should start as it will give them a pscychological advantage , and thats Toni and Gilardino
I definitely would not play Nesta , as there is nothing worse than wasting a sub cos of injury
Id rather play Barzagli and Cannavaro as they are quicker and i still think Materazzi is mistake prone and not very quick to deal with Klose and Podolski
Back to Totti, this is a step up in quality of opposition and as England found out, once you meet quality opposition you have to play players that are fit.
For subs, negative subs should not come into play and I would love to see players like Inzaghi, Totti and Camoranesi come on as long as there are no red cards.
Making negative subs does not help any team and flooding the midfield with bodies will not help either as I will say hand on heart if it goes to penalties cos you are protecting a lead and bringing on players to shore up, Germany will win .
Buffon
------Zambrotta----------Barzagli------Cannavaro-----------Grosso
-----------Perrotta--------------Pirlo-----------------Gatusso
--------------------------------------------------------------------------Dp
-----------------------Toni--------------gilardino