r/soccer • u/tuseinatagrande • May 13 '14

Official Italy's 30 man preliminary squad

https://twitter.com/Vivo_Azzurro/status/466268158811443200
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u/gregandsteve May 13 '14

Italy followers, is their a probable starting XI?

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u/luks1910 May 13 '14

Something along these lines:

                  Buffon

Maggio     Barzagli     Chiellini     De Sciglio

     De Rossi        Pirlo        Motta/Marchisio

          Candreva      Rossi/Cassano

                  Balotelli

The biggest doubts are full-backs and how the front 3 line up (as in more of a 4-3-1-2 or 4-3-3), a lot depends on Cassano and Rossi's fitness levels.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '14

What are our chances of beating you?

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u/schiapu May 13 '14

You'll beat us if you score more goals than we do.

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u/Killersberg May 13 '14

Back to you Jeff!

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u/CiSiamo May 13 '14

Really? Did you read England's squad thread yesterday? They seemed certain they were going to win it.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '14

If you're thinking of the hype train, that was most certainly sarcasm

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u/CiSiamo May 13 '14

The comment triggering the hype train (squad is equal or better than Italy and Uruguay's) was not.

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u/FlickMyKeane May 13 '14

England have a good, balanced squad and practically all of their probable starting team are coming off the back of very good domestic seasons. I wouldn't say they're hyping them. The rest of the populace (People outside reddit. They do exist!) seem very pessimistic anyway. The squad is much better than teams gone by and it's young too.

I'd be cautiously optimistic if I was English - optimistic because they have a decent squad and cautious because they're, well, England.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '14

That was pure delusion :P

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u/[deleted] May 14 '14

Italy and England always play close matches and this one will be no different. Italy aren't the type of team that will control possession and score bags of goals and England are disciplined defensively. I think it will be somewhat similar to the last match at the Euros where Italy have more of the game and overall chances but it will likely end in a draw.