[WC] Italy vs France [09.07.2006] (43 Viewers)
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Notes:Gattuso must play man to man on Zidane the whole game! Canna must be extra extra special tonight to stop Henry & if he went on the wings Grosso & Zambo must be very caution coz with his sped & talent he could be theier answer on sunday! I said that we must play with the same formation against Germany but for France we must change some things but I trust in Lippi & I know he will do the right choice !
The bad news is France always beats Italy for some reason and will want to do so very much on sunday
The good news is they are no where near the world cup winning side of 98 and the fantastic side of 2000 where they were the best side in the tournament but were not the better side in the final
Last time , Italy were so negative and beat Holland with play that only Italians would have admired and the whole world wanted them to lose
This time around , though they beat the host, they did it in style and got a lot of admirers along the way, and will not have has many bad wishers as they did in 2000.
If you look at this French side , its only Sagnol and Gallas that you can say there is an improvement on the 2000 side
Henry is still the same, Makelle is not superior to Deshamps, Zz is less now, Ribery and Malouda are inferior to the Pires and Wiltord of that period. Abidal is a centre half and nothing on Lizarazu.
Of cos Italy have to go out there and do the business, but it wont be easy as France have a very good defence if they can stay concentrated.
I think Lippi will start witht he guys that started against Germany, the only change I might make is switching Perotta to the right of midfield and bringing in Daniele De Rossi for Camoranesi and perhaps Nesta for Matrix
The good news is they are no where near the world cup winning side of 98 and the fantastic side of 2000 where they were the best side in the tournament but were not the better side in the final
Last time , Italy were so negative and beat Holland with play that only Italians would have admired and the whole world wanted them to lose
This time around , though they beat the host, they did it in style and got a lot of admirers along the way, and will not have has many bad wishers as they did in 2000.
If you look at this French side , its only Sagnol and Gallas that you can say there is an improvement on the 2000 side
Henry is still the same, Makelle is not superior to Deshamps, Zz is less now, Ribery and Malouda are inferior to the Pires and Wiltord of that period. Abidal is a centre half and nothing on Lizarazu.
Of cos Italy have to go out there and do the business, but it wont be easy as France have a very good defence if they can stay concentrated.
I think Lippi will start witht he guys that started against Germany, the only change I might make is switching Perotta to the right of midfield and bringing in Daniele De Rossi for Camoranesi and perhaps Nesta for Matrix
The list is here
Italy has Buffon, Cannavaro, Zambrotta, Camoranesi, Del Piero, Perrotta (ex- Juve), Inzaghi (ex-Juve)
France has Thuram, Trezeguet, Vieira, Henry (ex-Juve), Zidane (ex-Juve)
Italy coach = Lippi (ex Juve)
Team manager - Ciro Ferrara (ex Juve)
And of course, Lippi is the ex coach, as we all know very well
Italy has Buffon, Cannavaro, Zambrotta, Camoranesi, Del Piero, Perrotta (ex- Juve), Inzaghi (ex-Juve)
France has Thuram, Trezeguet, Vieira, Henry (ex-Juve), Zidane (ex-Juve)
Italy coach = Lippi (ex Juve)
Team manager - Ciro Ferrara (ex Juve)
And of course, Lippi is the ex coach, as we all know very well
