Di natale, Quag's and Pepe - very disappointing.
At least he called up Bocchetti, Criscito, D'Ago, and Marchisio. We're going in the right direction, it's just going to be a slow transition.
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by ricky2882 » Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:29 pm
Well hopefully he'll have enough time to integrate Marco Motta, Giovinco, Cassano and Pazzini into that squad within the next year. Also, let's not forget that's only a 20-man squad, not 23.
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by RomaShield27 » Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:12 pm
Cannavaro becomes Italy's most capped player
Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:37pm BST
* Cannavaro passes Maldini with 127th cap
* Records there to be beaten, says Juve defender
BASEL, Switzerland, Aug 12 - Fabio Cannavaro became Italy's most capped player when he made his 127th appearance in Wednesday's goalless draw with Switzerland in a friendly international. The Juventus player broke the previous record he shared with Paolo Maldini as he captained the world champions in their first game of the season.
"It's a great honour for me to have reached a great athlete like Paolo Maldini, who is an example for so many young people," Cannavaro told Rai television.
"We are lucky because (wearing) the Azzurri shirt is the dream of all children. I have never thought about records, which are there to be beaten. It's a great honour for me to wear this shirt and a great emotion to represent Italy."
(Reporting by Brian Homewood and Paul Virgo; Editing by Kevin Fylan; to query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:37pm BST
* Cannavaro passes Maldini with 127th cap
* Records there to be beaten, says Juve defender
BASEL, Switzerland, Aug 12 - Fabio Cannavaro became Italy's most capped player when he made his 127th appearance in Wednesday's goalless draw with Switzerland in a friendly international. The Juventus player broke the previous record he shared with Paolo Maldini as he captained the world champions in their first game of the season.
"It's a great honour for me to have reached a great athlete like Paolo Maldini, who is an example for so many young people," Cannavaro told Rai television.
"We are lucky because (wearing) the Azzurri shirt is the dream of all children. I have never thought about records, which are there to be beaten. It's a great honour for me to wear this shirt and a great emotion to represent Italy."
(Reporting by Brian Homewood and Paul Virgo; Editing by Kevin Fylan; to query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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by Zoff82 » Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:08 am
Criscito played great today. Think Lippi is doing Juve a favor by showcasing it?? I doubt the kid will want to return to Juve since he credits Genoa for the call-up. I honestly hope he stays there. He could be a legend in them parts if he does.
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Italy Camp Focus - Real strikers wanted
http://www.footballitaliano.co.uk/article.aspx?id=493 – By Andrea Tallarita
There is only so much that you can learn from a friendly against Switzerland. Italy played one immediately before the World Cup in 2006 and they drew 1-1, offering little inkling of the powerhouse that the Azzurri were about to become. Wednesday’s friendly ended on 0-0, a result which leaves no-one particularly happy. On the plus side, we saw Claudio Marchisio and Domenico Criscito in action. It was their first game with the Azzurri, and while neither proved substantially impressive, they showed some signs of promise. Expect them to compete for a starter’s spot – in Euro 2012, not before that. The only perplexity concerns the position of Criscito, who was played as a left full-back – considering the preponderance of Fabio Grosso, Andrea Dossena and Davide Santon in that position, and the aporia of central defenders other than Fabio Cannavaro and Giorgio Chiellini, would it not have made sense to field him in the centre?
Marcello Lippi stated that he was quite satisfied after the match – his team had created plenty of goal-scoring opportunities and it would have been a real beffa (Italian for ‘fluke’) had the Swiss won the game. Despite the confident statement, the man seemed rather irritable, responding with impatience to the poor journalist who had been flung into his jaws (apparently his earlier statement about having “one chance in one billion” of winning the World Cup was “misinterpreted” by the media). This might have been because he sensed the problem that belied his own declaration. The team had created plenty of goal-scoring opportunities – yet they did not score. Why?
Six months ago, the problem was tactical. The formation was inapt to feed the typology of strikers that were being fielded. Today, the tactical scenario has changed (more on this later). The problem, then, is very simple – the strikers are not good enough. Little light at the end of the tunnel is visible either since Lippi has recently reiterated his resistance to Italy’s two best forwards. He shall not call up Antonio Cassano on account of “technical and psychological considerations” whatever that means, and he “shall not go back on [his] decisions” with respect to Francesco Totti’s retirement. The latter decision this writer endorses wholeheartedly – for moral reasons more so than the valid questions of age and form – whilst the former is wholeheartedly condemned. But if we take them for definite, the question remains – if these forwards cannot score against Switzerland, then who should be called up?
One encouraging thing that we can read in this friendly is that the tactical shape of the team continues to evolve. The 4-3-3 was dysfunctional from the beginning, but what we saw on Wednesday night was something different. In the defensive parts of the game, the formation turned into one of the most orthodox versions of a 4-4-2 we can remember, with all of the midfielders perfectly aligned. This explains – and to a great extent legitimates – Lippi’s insistence on Mauro Camoranesi (inconsistent) and Simone Pepe (mediocre) for the right flank. They are two among the purest right wingers in Italy. This deployment of the Italian team is much more effective than the previous 4-3-3, which was shaped around a 4-2-3-1. However, it raises new and interesting problems.
To begin with, if Italy is going to use a 4-4-2, then why keep fielding men who play in roles for a 4-3-3? The midfield, at the moment, includes two defensive midfielders, one playmaker and one winger. One of the defensive midfielders should be dropped and a left winger should take his place (leaving a playmaker and a defensive midfielder in the middle). Granted, the selection for that position is not very broad, but then the same exact thing is true of the right wing, and that is not keeping Pepe from being called up. This would allow for a greater range of tactical solutions on the field. Against Switzerland, almost all of the Italian game was starting from the right, beginning from Gianluca Zambrotta and further rolling to Camoranesi (later, Pepe). As a result, not enough balls were reaching Italy’s only creative and scintillating forward, Giuseppe Rossi, who was starting from the left in accordance with the original 4-3-3 offensive disposition. Young Rossi was creating something interesting almost every time he was served. More importantly, he was finding solutions which were not only classy but also altruistic and oriented towards his teammates, and this is the best summer gift he could offer us. The kid is growing, and he’s growing into a very scary beast.
The lack of movement on the left might have been caused to some extent by the timidity of Criscito, who was at his first match. It is true that when Fabio Grosso is on the pitch, the left looks much more dynamic. Even so, it would be nice to see him interacting with Paolo De Ceglie, Pasquale Foggia or even – dare we say it – such risky names as Sebastian Giovinco, Alessandro Rosina and Raffaele Palladino, rather than Angelo Palombo or Gennaro Gattuso. There needs to be a bridge between the point where the action starts and the one where it is supposed to end, and at the moment, such a bridge is present only on the right. One bridge is much easier to close down than two, so why not find some alternatives on the left? After all, as soon as the first twenty minutes of the game were past and the Swiss had got to grips with the psychologically intimidating effect of playing against the Azzurri, it did not take long for them to extinguish the Italian domination – and even coming close to winning the game.
There is one more problem to discuss before we close. His name is Alberto Gilardino. The striker has not been scoring for a while now. We defended him in the past by claiming that he was being wasted by the formation, and we pointed to his performances with Fiorentina to prove that he still deserved to be considered. Last Wednesday, the formation should have been a good one for him. While his performance did improve, he still should have shown much more. This writer needs to see some more of Gilardino in action with this formation (as we said, there is only so much that you can learn by a friendly against Switzerland). But it is becoming urgent for us to understand what is wrong with him. We certainly hope it is not the fit of the Azzurri shirt. Italy needs efficient strikers right now. They need them desperately.
http://www.footballitaliano.co.uk/article.aspx?id=493 – By Andrea Tallarita
There is only so much that you can learn from a friendly against Switzerland. Italy played one immediately before the World Cup in 2006 and they drew 1-1, offering little inkling of the powerhouse that the Azzurri were about to become. Wednesday’s friendly ended on 0-0, a result which leaves no-one particularly happy. On the plus side, we saw Claudio Marchisio and Domenico Criscito in action. It was their first game with the Azzurri, and while neither proved substantially impressive, they showed some signs of promise. Expect them to compete for a starter’s spot – in Euro 2012, not before that. The only perplexity concerns the position of Criscito, who was played as a left full-back – considering the preponderance of Fabio Grosso, Andrea Dossena and Davide Santon in that position, and the aporia of central defenders other than Fabio Cannavaro and Giorgio Chiellini, would it not have made sense to field him in the centre?
Marcello Lippi stated that he was quite satisfied after the match – his team had created plenty of goal-scoring opportunities and it would have been a real beffa (Italian for ‘fluke’) had the Swiss won the game. Despite the confident statement, the man seemed rather irritable, responding with impatience to the poor journalist who had been flung into his jaws (apparently his earlier statement about having “one chance in one billion” of winning the World Cup was “misinterpreted” by the media). This might have been because he sensed the problem that belied his own declaration. The team had created plenty of goal-scoring opportunities – yet they did not score. Why?
Six months ago, the problem was tactical. The formation was inapt to feed the typology of strikers that were being fielded. Today, the tactical scenario has changed (more on this later). The problem, then, is very simple – the strikers are not good enough. Little light at the end of the tunnel is visible either since Lippi has recently reiterated his resistance to Italy’s two best forwards. He shall not call up Antonio Cassano on account of “technical and psychological considerations” whatever that means, and he “shall not go back on [his] decisions” with respect to Francesco Totti’s retirement. The latter decision this writer endorses wholeheartedly – for moral reasons more so than the valid questions of age and form – whilst the former is wholeheartedly condemned. But if we take them for definite, the question remains – if these forwards cannot score against Switzerland, then who should be called up?
One encouraging thing that we can read in this friendly is that the tactical shape of the team continues to evolve. The 4-3-3 was dysfunctional from the beginning, but what we saw on Wednesday night was something different. In the defensive parts of the game, the formation turned into one of the most orthodox versions of a 4-4-2 we can remember, with all of the midfielders perfectly aligned. This explains – and to a great extent legitimates – Lippi’s insistence on Mauro Camoranesi (inconsistent) and Simone Pepe (mediocre) for the right flank. They are two among the purest right wingers in Italy. This deployment of the Italian team is much more effective than the previous 4-3-3, which was shaped around a 4-2-3-1. However, it raises new and interesting problems.
To begin with, if Italy is going to use a 4-4-2, then why keep fielding men who play in roles for a 4-3-3? The midfield, at the moment, includes two defensive midfielders, one playmaker and one winger. One of the defensive midfielders should be dropped and a left winger should take his place (leaving a playmaker and a defensive midfielder in the middle). Granted, the selection for that position is not very broad, but then the same exact thing is true of the right wing, and that is not keeping Pepe from being called up. This would allow for a greater range of tactical solutions on the field. Against Switzerland, almost all of the Italian game was starting from the right, beginning from Gianluca Zambrotta and further rolling to Camoranesi (later, Pepe). As a result, not enough balls were reaching Italy’s only creative and scintillating forward, Giuseppe Rossi, who was starting from the left in accordance with the original 4-3-3 offensive disposition. Young Rossi was creating something interesting almost every time he was served. More importantly, he was finding solutions which were not only classy but also altruistic and oriented towards his teammates, and this is the best summer gift he could offer us. The kid is growing, and he’s growing into a very scary beast.
The lack of movement on the left might have been caused to some extent by the timidity of Criscito, who was at his first match. It is true that when Fabio Grosso is on the pitch, the left looks much more dynamic. Even so, it would be nice to see him interacting with Paolo De Ceglie, Pasquale Foggia or even – dare we say it – such risky names as Sebastian Giovinco, Alessandro Rosina and Raffaele Palladino, rather than Angelo Palombo or Gennaro Gattuso. There needs to be a bridge between the point where the action starts and the one where it is supposed to end, and at the moment, such a bridge is present only on the right. One bridge is much easier to close down than two, so why not find some alternatives on the left? After all, as soon as the first twenty minutes of the game were past and the Swiss had got to grips with the psychologically intimidating effect of playing against the Azzurri, it did not take long for them to extinguish the Italian domination – and even coming close to winning the game.
There is one more problem to discuss before we close. His name is Alberto Gilardino. The striker has not been scoring for a while now. We defended him in the past by claiming that he was being wasted by the formation, and we pointed to his performances with Fiorentina to prove that he still deserved to be considered. Last Wednesday, the formation should have been a good one for him. While his performance did improve, he still should have shown much more. This writer needs to see some more of Gilardino in action with this formation (as we said, there is only so much that you can learn by a friendly against Switzerland). But it is becoming urgent for us to understand what is wrong with him. We certainly hope it is not the fit of the Azzurri shirt. Italy needs efficient strikers right now. They need them desperately.
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Italia, Lippi promuove Marchionni
Confermata fiducia a Criscito-Marchisio
E' Marco Marchionni la novitàdelle convocazioni di Marcello Lippi per le sfide che l'Italia giocheràcontro Georgia e Bulgaria per le qualificazioni ai Mondiali 2010. Oltre al centrocampista della Fiorentina, nella lista dei 23 giocatori chiamati dal ct azzurro ci sono anche Criscito e Marchisio, confermati dopo il debutto in amichevole con la Svizzera. Presente anche De Rossi, che dovràsaltare per squalifica il match di sabato a Tbilisi.
I convocati dovranno trovarsi lunedì entro le ore 24.00 presso il Centro tecnico federale di Coverciano a Firenze. De Rossi raggiungeràla squadra a Torino entro le ore 12.00 di domenica 6 settembre. Martedì 1 settembre alle ore 10.30 la Nazionale sosterràla prima seduta di allenamento.
Questa la lista dei 23 convocati azzurri dal ct Marcello Lippi per le due partite di qualificazione ai Mondiali 2010, Georgia-Italia (sabato 5 settembre a Tbilisi) e Italia-Bulgaria (mercoledì 9 settembre a Torino).
PORTIERI: Gigi Buffon (Juventus), Morgan De Sanctis (Napoli), Federico Marchetti (Cagliari).
DIFENSORI: Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Domenico Criscito (Genoa), Fabio Grosso (Lione), Nicola Legrottaglie (Juventus), Davide Santon (Inter), Gianluca Zambrotta (Milan).
CENTROCAMPISTI: Mauro German Camoranesi (Juventus), Gaetano D'Agostino (Udinese), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Marco Marchionni (Fiorentina), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria), Simone Pepe (Udinese), Andrea Pirlo (Milan).
ATTACCANTI: Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Juventus), Fabio Quagliarella (Napoli), Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal).
Confermata fiducia a Criscito-Marchisio
E' Marco Marchionni la novitàdelle convocazioni di Marcello Lippi per le sfide che l'Italia giocheràcontro Georgia e Bulgaria per le qualificazioni ai Mondiali 2010. Oltre al centrocampista della Fiorentina, nella lista dei 23 giocatori chiamati dal ct azzurro ci sono anche Criscito e Marchisio, confermati dopo il debutto in amichevole con la Svizzera. Presente anche De Rossi, che dovràsaltare per squalifica il match di sabato a Tbilisi.
I convocati dovranno trovarsi lunedì entro le ore 24.00 presso il Centro tecnico federale di Coverciano a Firenze. De Rossi raggiungeràla squadra a Torino entro le ore 12.00 di domenica 6 settembre. Martedì 1 settembre alle ore 10.30 la Nazionale sosterràla prima seduta di allenamento.
Questa la lista dei 23 convocati azzurri dal ct Marcello Lippi per le due partite di qualificazione ai Mondiali 2010, Georgia-Italia (sabato 5 settembre a Tbilisi) e Italia-Bulgaria (mercoledì 9 settembre a Torino).
PORTIERI: Gigi Buffon (Juventus), Morgan De Sanctis (Napoli), Federico Marchetti (Cagliari).
DIFENSORI: Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Domenico Criscito (Genoa), Fabio Grosso (Lione), Nicola Legrottaglie (Juventus), Davide Santon (Inter), Gianluca Zambrotta (Milan).
CENTROCAMPISTI: Mauro German Camoranesi (Juventus), Gaetano D'Agostino (Udinese), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Marco Marchionni (Fiorentina), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria), Simone Pepe (Udinese), Andrea Pirlo (Milan).
ATTACCANTI: Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Juventus), Fabio Quagliarella (Napoli), Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal).
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by RomaShield27 » Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:56 am
Lippi is a fucking idiot. His stubbornness is costing his country at this stage and I can't understand why there aren't more people against him in the peninsula. Cassano was on fire yesterday setting up a goal and scoring a cracker himself, he's on better form than any of the forwards that Lippi has selected.
Highlights of Cassano v Udinese: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW3gEaCC-Pg
Come to think of it, I don't know what I'm complaining for. Its good for us if Lippi continuos to ignore his best players.
Highlights of Cassano v Udinese: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW3gEaCC-Pg
Come to think of it, I don't know what I'm complaining for. Its good for us if Lippi continuos to ignore his best players.
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Lippi: I won't call Cassano
– Tuesday 1 September, 2009
Marcello Lippi stands firm against calling up Antonio Cassano for the Italy squad. “It would be nice for people to respect my decisions.â€
– Tuesday 1 September, 2009
Marcello Lippi stands firm against calling up Antonio Cassano for the Italy squad. “It would be nice for people to respect my decisions.â€
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