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by **juventino_italiano** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:06 pm

[quote="tonykart"]Rossi: Messi? Pato? We Have Giovinco!

Giuseppe Rossi insists that the Italy Under-21s have nothing to fear going into next monthÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Olympics Games, despite the presence of a whole host of stars such as Lionel Messi and Alexandre Pato for Argentina and Brazil respectively.

The Azzurrini will go into the tournament in Beijing as one of the favourites, however they will not be as strongly tipped as the two South American giants.

Argentina will be able to rely on wonderkids Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, and Ezequiel Lavezzi, as well as over-age stars such as Juan Roman Riquelme and Javier Mascherano.

Brazil meanwhile will be able to count on the talents of Alexandre Pato, Weder BremenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Diego, as well as the over-aged Robinho.

Despite this, Rossi is not scared, and he points to the prodigious talents of Sebastian Giovinco, and a host of other promising starlets.

Ã¢â‚¬Å“Am I scared? I answer with Giovinco, Acquafresca, Montolivo and Nocerino, just to name a few, and our over-aged Rocchi,Ã¢â‚¬

by **tonykart** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:21 pm

OFFICIAL ITALY OLYMPIC SQUAD 2008

PORTIERI
VIVIANO, Emiliano (Brescia)
CONSIGLI, Andrea (Atalanta)
SIRIGU, Salvatore (Cremonese)

DEFENSORI
CRISCITO, Domenico (Genoa)
CODA, Andrea (Udinese)
RANOCCHIA, Andrea (Arezzo)
BROCCHETTI, Salvatore (Genoa)
DE SILVESTRI, Lorenzo (Lazio)
MOTTA, Marco (Udinese)
DE CEGLIE, Paolo (Juventus)

CENTROCAMPISTI
NOCERINO, Antonio (Palermo)
CIGARINI, Luca (Parma)
MONTOLIVO, Riccardo (Fiorentina)
MARCHISIO, Claudio (Juventus)
DESSENA, Daniele (Parma)
CANDREVA, Antonio (Udinese)
ABATE, Ignazio (Milan)
RUSSOTTO, Andrea (Treviso)

ATTACCANTI
GIOVINCO, Sebastian (Juventus)
ROSSI, Giuseppe (Villareal)
ACQUAFRESCA, Robert (Cagliari)
ROCCHI, Tommaso (Lazio)

HOPEFULL FORMATION

----------------------VIVIANO

DE SILVESTRI - CODA - CRISCITO - DE CEGLIE

---------NOCERINO - CIGARINI - MONTOLIVO

------------------------GIOVINCO

--------------ROSSI----------ACQUAFRESCA

by **Bagg10** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:46 pm

----------------------Viviano

Motta--------Coda--------Criscito------De Silvestri

Dessena---------Nocerino----Montolivo------Giovinco

-------------------Rossi--------Aquafresca

by **tonykart** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:05 pm

De Silvestri on the left? Do you mean De Ceglie? Otherwise, I like that formation, but prefer Giovinco as the heart of the attack in the center of the field.

by **Bagg10** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:17 pm

De Silvestri plays both flanks... and from what I saw in the Toulon tournament, that's Casiraghi's preffered back line. Although, Bocchetti could make a push for the starting 11.

by **tonykart** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:22 pm

Bocchetti is pretty good, but I like Criscito and Coda.

by **marco** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:32 pm

motta--------coda--------criscito------de silvestri

------------nocerino----montolivo

abate--------------rossi------------giovinco
(dessena)------(russotto)

----------------aquafresca
-----------------(rocchi)

by **stefano** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:50 pm

by **marco** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:39 pm

by **Bagg10** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:42 pm

by **Alfio** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:17 am

by **Bagg10** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:07 am

jeez alfi, you come up with that one all by yourself?

by **Alfio** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:15 am

by **tonykart** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:25 am

by **Bagg10** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:02 am

by **tonykart** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:09 am

by **Bagg10** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:12 am

I believe he'll play the next season at Samp...

by **tonykart** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:14 am

I hope so. Cigarini and Dessena need to get out of there if they are going to continue to develop. I really want to see how Cigarini progresses in calcio next term.

by **Bagg10** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:16 am

http://it.eurosport.yahoo.com/10072008/ ... rnata.html

sorry I don't have an english link.. but basically Samp bought 50% of his contract for 4 mil, and he will fill in the hole left by Volpi.

by **tonykart** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:22 am

That is good then. It will be nice for him to play on a good Serie A club.

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