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I agree. I would prefer Iaquinta & De Rossi over Camoranesi and Ambrosini too. I feel Donadoni gets a bit scared at times and takes the safer option... which was fair enough, considering Italy needed qualification points. But in the group of death, that could prove disasterous. Italy may have to attack and outscore Holland and France.
But Cassano, nah.... team unity is far more important than experimenting with that brat!
I would like to see Aquilani and Montolivo getting a shot, perhaps even Rosina... I guess that will most likely happen post Euro2008.
But Cassano, nah.... team unity is far more important than experimenting with that brat!
I would like to see Aquilani and Montolivo getting a shot, perhaps even Rosina... I guess that will most likely happen post Euro2008.
supermadrid wrote:they have been very effective and i get your point. i want cassano for what he brings to the game which is more flair. i want italy to play like they were intending to do in euro 2004 which in the start looked very bright imo. the current side is a bit too pragmatic and boring for my taste. i think that if they going to play with the system you mentioned then they should at least use players in midfield that can help out more in the creative part of the game. for example they should maybe de rossi instead of ambrosini. they relie to heavily on pirlo. hopefully Iaquinta keeps up then he would be hard to denie a place in the first team instead of cameranesi.bluenine wrote:Donadoni has done away with the creative forward role since Totti retired, and tbh now I think Italy look better without one. This allows Italy to play with 3 strikers, and 2 of them are hardworking ones who double up as wingers and 1 is a target man. This system works much better than having a creative forward behind the target man, coz you end up relying too much on the creative forward.
Pannuci against Korea, grrrrr... but to be fair, he was being played as a CB as Nesta & Cannavaor were not available and Matrix looked very iffy in the group game - Italy actually played that game with 4 fullbacks!!supermadrid wrote:
I wouldnt count cassano out of this. if he can just become a bit stable i think he could take over from totti in the creative forward role. i also hope Aquilani makes impact since i think some new players will have to break through in order for italy to surprise other teams. i can see italy lacking some creativity if both Ambrosini+Camoranesi+Gattuso play. I honestly hope Pannuci doesnt get in the squad. i can still remember him against korea
As long as Italy knocks France out, I will be more than happy 
Want to see domenech get sacked!
i shouldnt have made the bet since i didnt know enough about football and just figured brazil would win against any team it met. I hated zidane and france after that also because they were so dominant and then they beat portugal in semis in euros and i was really hating. anyway i dont think Domenech is a good coach at all. at youth level he has a case but i have followed France since he took over and i have never been impressed. i dont think he had much to do with them reaching runners up spot.