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if by "would u do it" u mean "would u keep barzagli in poland", no i wouldn't. we don't even know if we'll make it to the knockout stage (and going to the group stage with a cm playing in defense wouldn't help our case).True but he still not included. Prandelli will decide today.
It is really tough. If you could get Barzagli back in the knockout stage if Italy qualify, would you do it?
Anyway, formation of the Spain game should be something like this:
----------------Buffon-----------------
-----Bonucci--De Rossi--Chiellini------
--Maggio-Marchisio-Pirlo-Motta-Barzagli
----------Balotelli--Cassano-----------
i do agree with your point, but i wouldn't pick cassano and mario as the right models. cassano is an amazing player and balotelli is fantastic aswell.... that obnoxious bugger never plays at more than his 50% and that's still enough for him to put up unbelievable stats and numbers...... but as good as they are talent-wise and technique-wise, they're not the ideal when it comes to mentality.milanista said:I think this team has so much potential, but like many Italian teams (except Napoli), they seem to be falling under the pressure or lack confidence. We need everyone to be like Cassano or Balotelli and think "Why always me?" to get fired up
i haven't followed the news about possible lineups theese days, but i gotta say i'd be surprised if motta and cassano were in the starting 11. it would be madness to pick motta over nocerino imo and cassano clearely is in a terrible shape.
i see, good point about motta. if that's prandelli's plan, then motta makes more sense than nocerino indeed. of course one might argue that playing "possession football" against spain is extremely stupid (as they tend to press high up the pitch, making a counter attacking gameplan much more logical and probably effective), but then again if prandelli wants go down this way, who am i to second guess him?I agree but if you hear Prandelli's views, you kinda understand these choices. He keeps mentioning holding the ball and passing around a lot. You can't get more technical than Cassano and Motta fits that criteria more than Nocerino.
Plus, Nocerino likes to move forward and enter the penalty area a lot. He needs no invitation. With Marchisio there, I think Motta might be a better choice but sure Nocerino deserves a spot after an amazing season.
Cassano needs to get his act together. Prandelli in the past two years declared him the superstar of the squad and put a lot of faith in him.
yep, with those 2 it's always a question mark. whenever they're in good shape and feel like playing football, they can blow your mind with amazing performances.....but they might just as well let u down with an anonymous, sloppy game.PLF said:Guys like Di Natale and De Rossi are much more confident and fiery in the 'right way'. Guys like Maggio and Giovinco have that quiet confidence. These guys are winners. Cassano and Balotelli are immature kids, talented but jokers. If Italy is relying on these two, they're making a mistake.
They are too unstable mentally to be relied upon.
yeah zola definitely didn't put him to good use. as for his european campaign, i don't know...... we have a lot of talented players upfront, and he's not the most gifted one (it's not like he isn't talented, of course, but when u're surrounded by the likes of cassano, giovinco and di natale, everything becomes relative).... however he had one hell of a season this year, so he might have his chance to prove himself.steevio_uk said:What's your views on Diamanti?
We under-used him at West Ham. He should have played as a centre forward who can drop deep (like Di Canio did) and/or as a trequartista.
Instead, Zola insisted on playing him wide left and even right midfield