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Pescara's official confirmed the rumours today - Pescara dS Daniele Delli Carri:“There are negotiations taking place with Juventus for Verratti"

He'll be expensive, hence probably gonna be a co-ownership deal of some kind. Juve have enough good youth to give away as well. Notably Ciro Immobile, who can simply stay at Pescara.

fu galliani


he promised a revolution. i was ohping next year we'd use-

paloschi--verdi
merkel
verratti---calvano
strasser
de vito--albertazzi--ely--de siglio​

in 4-3-1-2 we trust
 

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Goalkeepers:
Gianluigi Buffon - Juventus
Morgan De Sanctis- Napoli
Salvatore Sirigu - Paris Saint-Germain
Emiliano Viviano - Palermo

Defenders:
Ignazio Abate -AC Milan
Davide Astori -Cagliari
Federico Balzaretti - Palermo
Andrea Barzagli -Juventus
Salvatore Bocchetti -Rubin Kazan
Leonardo Bonucci -Juventus
Giorgio Chiellini -Juventus
Domenico Criscito -Zenit St Petersburg
Christian Maggio - Napoli
Angelo Ogbonna - Torino
Andrea Ranocchia - Inter

Midfielders:
Luca Cigarini -Atalanta
Daniele De Rossi -Roma
Alessandro Diamanti - Bologna
Emanuele Giaccherini -Juventus
Claudio Marchisio -Juventus
Riccardo Montolivo -Fiorentina
Thiago Motta -Paris Saint-Germain
Antonio Nocerino - AC Milan
Andrea Pirlo -Juventus
Ezequiel Schelotto -Atalanta
Marco Verratti -Pescara

Attackers:
Mario Balotelli - Manchester City
Fabio Borini -Roma
Antonio Cassano - AC Milan
Mattia Destro -Siena
Antonio Di Natale - Udinese
Sebastian Giovinco - Parma

4 Milan players.

out of this list I would go with-

Gianluigi Buffon - Juventus
Salvatore Sirigu - Paris Saint-Germain
Emiliano Viviano - Palermo

Defenders:
Ignazio Abate -AC Milan
Davide Astori -Cagliari
Andrea Barzagli -Juventus
Salvatore Bocchetti -Rubin Kazan
Giorgio Chiellini -Juventus
Domenico Criscito -Zenit St Petersburg
Christian Maggio - Napoli
Angelo Ogbonna - Torino

Midfielders:
Luca Cigarini -Atalanta
Daniele De Rossi -Roma
Claudio Marchisio -Juventus
Riccardo Montolivo -Fiorentina
Thiago Motta -Paris Saint-Germain
Andrea Pirlo -Juventus
Ezequiel Schelotto -Atalanta


Attackers:
Mario Balotelli - Manchester City
Fabio Borini -Roma
Antonio Cassano - AC Milan
Antonio Di Natale - Udinese
Sebastian Giovinco - Parma


Nocerino doesnt deserve a callup, yeah he has scored goals but he doesnt offer enough imo

I've always liked Bocchetti, plus him and Ogbonna can play LB as well.


----------------------Buffon---------------------
----------Astori---Barzagli---Chiellini----------
-------Maggio--De Rossi---Pirlo---Marchisio-----
---------Cassano-----Balotelli-------Giovinco-----
 

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Prandelli: I know my Italy 23
By Football Italia staff

Italy boss Cesare Prandelli says that he already knows which 23 players he’ll be taking to Euro 2012 – but he’s challenged his squad to change his mind.

Prandelli has named a 32-man preliminary list for the European Championship and training began today, even if players from Juventus, Napoli, Torino, Pescara and Paris Saint-Germain won’t arrive until Saturday.

“I have the final 23 in my head, but everyone in the squad has the ability to change my mind,” he stated at Coverciano on Monday.

“We have to create an environment of enthusiasm,” continued the tactician. “There is a desire to create a generous side. That way we will be able to take on any situation without problems.

“Unfortunately we don’t have a lot of time, but now we can only have positive thoughts.

“There are different interpretations when it comes to football. I base mine on the quality of players that I have at my disposal.

“I want my Italy to show how much work we have already done. I want my side to prove that they are a team.”

Prandelli’s main task in these next few weeks will be to find the right striking combination after Antonio Cassano missed most of the season following heart surgery, while Giuseppe Rossi has been ruled out with injury.

“Mario Balotelli and Cassano are finally together, but I might then opt for other players,” Prandelli laughed. “We’ll look to work on the quality of our play in order to get the best value from our attackers.

“Cassano’s strength is the way he is right now. A few days ago he said that he wanted to be in the final 23. He’s not sure of his place and that is pleasing.

“I’ve been clear with him – I can’t take players with me who are not 100 per cent because there isn’t the time to recover.

“Balotelli needs to think that this is an extraordinary opportunity for him. I hope that we only have to talk about what he does on the pitch. We’ll have to protect him from criticism.”

Prandelli has included some surprise names in his squad such as Pescara’s Marco Verratti and Mattia Destro of Siena. He admitted today that Lorenzo Insigne was a contender too.

“Insigne and Ciro Immobile of Pescara? They are important players from the Under-21 set-up and I admit that I did think about Insigne.

“Thanks to Pescara boss Zdenek Zeman, we’ve uncovered some interesting youngsters for the future. They have shown that they can handle the pressure.

“I’ve seen some good players with potential in Serie B this term.”

Prandelli was also unconcerned that his Juventus players would be adversely affected by last night’s Coppa Italia defeat to Napoli.

“For those Juventus players in my squad, they will still be motivated from their Scudetto win and they’ll now want to be protagonists with Italy.”

He was also asked about the fitness of Giorgio Chiellini given his thigh muscle problem and the importance of playmaker Andrea Pirlo.

“We’ll have to see the results of further tests, but the fact that Chiellini made himself available three days before he was scheduled to join the squad says it all. He wants to get back as soon as possible.

“Pirlo is a champion, a world class player, but if we base everything around him then we will become predictable. There are other players in midfield who we can count on.”
 

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Good thread


credits: mussambani
 

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I'm rather impressed by this guy this season.



That goal against Turkey was beautiful.
 

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Italy have a strong team with a good amount of depth . My starting formation would be :

Buffon-Maggio-Barzagli-Chiellini-Criscito-De rossi-Pirlo-Marchisio-Giovinco(montolivo)-Cassano-Balotelli .
 

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I think prandelli called up the right players . Especially upfront , were he choose borini(a real work horse) and destro(the perfect vice-balotelli) over craps like gilardino-borriello-quaglia-matri-pazzini etc. . El shaarawy could of been included but in the end its ok , he will be in the 2013-2014 squad of italy . This would be my final 23:
Buffon-Sirigu-De sanctis
Maggio-abate-Barzagli-Chiellini-Bonucci-Ogbonna-Criscito
Derossi-Nocerino-Pirlo-Montolivo-Marchisio-T.Motta-Diamanti(or verrati)
Balotelli-cassano-Di natale-Giovinco-Destro-Borini .
 

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yep, destro is gonna be top scorer of the tournament, world class potential.
 

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yep, destro is gonna be top scorer of the tournament, world class potential.

Possibly. But top scorer might be a little stretched coz he won't start from Game 1.

What we can be sure of, though, is that Cassano will be no. 1 in the list of assists.
 

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I really hope nocerino outshines marchisio in the training sessions/friendlies and starts ahead of him.

not that I think nocerino is better, but marchisio has an annoying punchable face.
 

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out of this list I would go with-

Gianluigi Buffon - Juventus
Salvatore Sirigu - Paris Saint-Germain
Emiliano Viviano - Palermo

Defenders:
Ignazio Abate -AC Milan
Davide Astori -Cagliari
Andrea Barzagli -Juventus
Salvatore Bocchetti -Rubin Kazan
Giorgio Chiellini -Juventus
Domenico Criscito -Zenit St Petersburg
Christian Maggio - Napoli
Angelo Ogbonna - Torino

Midfielders:
Luca Cigarini -Atalanta
Daniele De Rossi -Roma
Claudio Marchisio -Juventus
Riccardo Montolivo -Fiorentina
Thiago Motta -Paris Saint-Germain
Andrea Pirlo -Juventus
Ezequiel Schelotto -Atalanta


Attackers:
Mario Balotelli - Manchester City
Fabio Borini -Roma
Antonio Cassano - AC Milan
Antonio Di Natale - Udinese
Sebastian Giovinco - Parma


Nocerino doesnt deserve a callup, yeah he has scored goals but he doesnt offer enough imo

I've always liked Bocchetti, plus him and Ogbonna can play LB as well.


----------------------Buffon---------------------
----------Astori---Barzagli---Chiellini----------
-------Maggio--De Rossi---Pirlo---Marchisio-----
---------Cassano-----Balotelli-------Giovinco-----



Genius line up
VERY VERY strong midfield
creative forwards
and those defenders, my god:D RAMPAGE!
Buffon, do i need to say more about him:D
 

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I actually looking forward to seeing Italy this summer. In my view they are a darkhorse to winning the title. Favorites are of course Spain and Germany but I feel with a bit of luck Italy could win it
 

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Where are TS and Ibra in that line-u?... oh wait.
 

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Here is Sky Italia's list of the probable final 23 Prandelli will bring to Euro 2012

@ItalianNT

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GROSSO :eek:
 
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Prandelli will play a 4-3-1-2. No doubt. He used it throughout all of the qualifiers. Balotelli will start.

This should be their starting line-up:

Buffon
Maggio-Barzagli-Chiellini-Criscito
De Rossi-Pirlo-Marchisio
Giovinco
Cassano-Balotelli​
 

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Grosso has become well.. Gross.


Feel this is their best bet

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Continuity from club ...least minutes out of the big teams ...chemistry in defence :thumbsup:

Exactly what I have in my mind too. But it's still likelier that Prandelli will stick to a 4-men defence and a trequartista.
 

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I'd lose my respect for prandelli if he copies conte(who pretty much copied udinese/napoli)
 

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I'd lose my respect for prandelli if he copies conte(who pretty much copied udinese/napoli)

Businesses are mostly all about copying best practices.
 

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NT football is not a business.
 

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Using best tactical set up to maximize your talent is a bad idea?

Prandelli's likely to rotate between his 4-man lineup and the 3-man.


3 man makes sense really. Italy has no real trequartista or wingers of quality. wingbacks + pirlo is best way
 

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sage :fp: :lol:

Shit ... i am kind of afraid of italy this time .. refs :mad:

Pirlo plays I go rabid on all NY area kids in the pub ... Pirlo injured i become a brown italian .. multicultured jube nt :thumbsup:
 

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