World Cup World Cup Profiles- Italy

[This Is Anfield]

Italy, like Germany, when a tournament comes along they are very hard to beat.
Should top their group, then it's a lottery.

 

[Raymond Rougeau]

I think prandelli is better than his club record would suggest. .. italy can make the semis I believe. .. lots of promise in this squad and it will be a fusion of old heads and young kids

 

[Cruyff14]

Says he won't take Toni or Totti barring an emergency.... third highest scorer in Serie A and the player coming second in assists.

 

[LFTWNG11]

Says he won't take Toni or Totti barring an emergency.... third highest scorer in Serie A and the player coming second in assists.

Those two should not be anywhere near the squad, regardless of their performances. If Rossi, Immobile, Balotelli, Destro or Paloschi can't do the job, then Totti or Toni won't either.

 

[Raymond Rougeau]

Personally id take cassano balo osvaldo immobile el sharwary and cerci as forwards

 

[Saetta7]

Rossi and Cassano having fitness tests.
Hopefully they are ok.

 

[Raymond Rougeau]

All i can say is poor rossi I think hes cursed

 

[kelvarnsen]

http://www.football-italia.net/48214/prandelli-assess-coverciano-results

http://www.football-italia.net/48275/rossi-ready-world-cup

 

[Saetta7]

http://www.football-italia.net/48214/prandelli-assess-coverciano-results

http://www.football-italia.net/48275/rossi-ready-world-cup

Oh please not Montolivo again...
Only ever seen him play 1 good game for the Nazionale, the friendly against spain.
Play Giovinco as a midfielder, or behind the strikers.

 

[LFTWNG11]

Oh please not Montolivo again...
Only ever seen him play 1 good game for the Nazionale, the friendly against spain.
Play Giovinco as a midfielder, or behind the strikers.

You don't rate Montolivo's performance against Germany in the Euro semi final?!
He is a lightweight and not particularly hard-working, but can play a killer pass and his positioning is generally outstanding. He will make the squad, and deservedly so.
Giovinco and Cassano, should not be in the squad. Giovinco is so inconsistent and has never fired for Italy while Cassano is fat.

 

[Raymond Rougeau]

Gio cant get game time for juve unless somone is rested or injured whilst monty has grown a set at milan this year if anything insigne goes over gio

 

[DalBoySanto]

Worst Italy team i have ever seen will be eliminated at group stage

 

[Redalert]

They've got a tough group, I do think they'll beat out Uruguay to qualify for the round of 16.

 

[Raymond Rougeau]

Worst Italy team i have ever seen will be eliminated at group stage

2010 was worse to old to slow no longer hungry and a squad lacking balance

 

[DalBoySanto]

red alert ialy have no more x factor players years of corruption and cheating has finally caught up with them hence why the seria a doesn't have the same strong clubs it use to in the UCL.

 

[Raymond Rougeau]

Cassano insigne verrati pirlo montolivo are all capable of creative composition

 

[Raymond Rougeau]

red alert ialy have no more x factor players years of corruption and cheating has finally caught up with them hence why the seria a doesn't have the same strong clubs it use to in the UCL.

If this rationale was water tight England would dominate everything oh wait. ..

 

[DalBoySanto]

I see your a AC fan Raymond i myself am a Inter fan ...just my opinion its risky to tip against the Italians i know but Uruguay are on home continent England are better then you fellas this time around. I rekon you know my comment was spot on Ray years of cheating mafia involvement in the game in italy has taken its toll....

 

[Raymond Rougeau]

Seria a is in a hole clearly but its not because the local talent is s**t that's a buisness administrative issue

 

[Redalert]

I tend to agree, the state of the Serie A isn't necessarily reflective of the strength of the national team. The Eredvisie is a relatively weak league, but that hasn't detracted from quality players being produced for the Dutch national team. In any case Italy's still got some pretty decent players, they'll do alright but it probably won't be enough to challenge the big guns.

 

[darth_timon]

Italy are the toughest team in the group for us. Not for the first time I wish we had a braver manager than Hodgson.

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[kelvarnsen]

------------Buffon
Abate Bonucci Barzagli De Sciglio
-------------Pirlo
--------Montolivo Motta
-----------Candreva
--------Destro Balotelli

Sirigu Chiellini Paletta De Rossi Marchisio Verratti Immobile Rossi

Not bad.

 

[LFTWNG11]

I see your a AC fan Raymond i myself am a Inter fan ...just my opinion its risky to tip against the Italians i know but Uruguay are on home continent England are better then you fellas this time around. I rekon you know my comment was spot on Ray years of cheating mafia involvement in the game in italy has taken its toll....

It's taken its toll on the league, not on the talent we produce. For all the problems in the league, we still have a much stronger midfielder than England and more depth in defense compared to Uruguay.

Another factor that you seem to miss is that tactically, Italy are a class apart in comparison to teams like Uruguay and England. I think Uruguay will win the group, they have the best players... but Italians know how to keep play the game better. We produce the best managers of any country and Prandelli is one our best.

 

[Cruyff14]

It's taken its toll on the league, not on the talent we produce. For all the problems in the league, we still have a much stronger midfielder than England and more depth in defense compared to Uruguay.

Another factor that you seem to miss is that tactically, Italy are a class apart in comparison to teams like Uruguay and England. I think Uruguay will win the group, they have the best players... but Italians know how to keep play the game better. We produce the best managers of any country and Prandelli is one our best.

The Scots say hello.

 

[LFTWNG11]

The Scots say hello.

How many Scottish managers have won league titles outside of Britain? Italian managers go to Spain, go to England, go to Germany, go to France, go to Portugal and win league titles.

For every SAF, there is a David Moyes