Italy vs. Yugoslavia 10/12/02 Official Pre Post and During Game Thread(R)

[soccerfan220]

Line-ups?4-3-1-2 Mine are:
Buffon
Coco
Cannavaro
Nesta
Pesotto
Di Biagio
Zambrotta
Del Piero
Totti
Vieri
Inzaghi

[borsato]

ive always wondered,
can totti and del piero really co-exist in a line up together.

seems like del piero does his best work when hes running the slot position by himself, mabey because he is too similar to totti.

and whats with zambrotta, hes good, but i dont really like him.
he doesnt seem to do much accept run the flank. i dont see him working within the team.

[SueB]

Here are the callups:

Portieri: Abbiati* e Buffon.

Difensori: Adani, Fabio Cannavaro, Coco, Ferrari*,
Iuliano, Nesta, Oddo, Panucci, Zauri.

Centrocampisti: Ambrosini, Di Biagio,
Doni, Gattuso, Pirlo, Tommasi.

Attaccanti: Del Piero, Filippo Inzaghi, Marazzina*, Montella, Totti.

* Abbiati, Ferrari, and Marazzina called in to replace the injured Toldo, Materazzi and Vieri, respectively.

[borsato]

good to see zambrotta is out in favour of a new set up.

but no fiore? no tomassi?

[SueB]

Tommasi is there. Zambrotta has not even been starting for Juve, so it's no surprise. Not sure if it's related to his recent recovery from the injury suffered at the WC. He came on as a substitute yesterday.

[cachundo]

BBC: The Italy squad (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/2306251.stm)
Goalkeepers
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
Christian Abbiati (AC Milan)

Defenders
Christian Panucci (AS Roma)
Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan)
Fabio Cannavaro (Inter Milan)
Francesco Coco (Inter Milan)
Daniele Adani (Inter Milan)
Mark Iuliano (Juventus)
Massimo Oddo (Lazio)
Matteo Ferrari (Parma)

Midfielders
Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan)
Massimo Ambrosini (AC Milan)
Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan)
Luigi Di Biagio (Inter Milan)
Damiano Tommasi (AS Roma)
Cristiano Doni (Atalanta)
Luciano Zauri (Atalanta)

Forwards
Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)
Filippo Inzaghi (AC Milan)
Francesco Totti (Roma)
Vincenzo Montella (Roma)
Massimo Marazzina (Chievo Verona) Does anyone have any idea about Vieri?

[SueB]

As in, how seriously is he hurt? When he'll be back? What do you mean? He hasn't played for Inter in their last two games.

[SueB]

Totti is out through injury. No word on whether he will be replaced.

[soccerfan220]

6 from AC Milan
4 from Inter
4 from Roma
3 from Juventus
1 from Chievo
2 from Atlanta
1 from Parma


hmmmm........ Toldo is missing. NO! That is dumb. Toldo should be #1!

[SueB]

Toldo is also injured. BTW, the top-ranked Italian keeper by RAI in terms of average "performance player rating" in games so far this year is .... Gianluca Pagliuca!

[cachundo]

A link (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/2306251.stm) to the Totti injury story.

[SueB]

Coco is now also out of the squad - hurt while playing the Italy U-19s - and has been replaced by Salvatore Lanna of Chievo. I believe this is his first callup.

[SueB]

Yet another player out - Di Biagio has a "fever" and will miss the Yugoslavia game. Not sure about the Wales game.

This makes the following potential starters on the sidelines:

Toldo (although Buffon would probably have started anyway)
Materazzi
Di Biagio
Coco
Totti
Vieri

The person who started the thread mentioned Pessotto - he is still injured since before the World Cup - you can add him to the list.

Inzaghi is apparently fit to play but not at 100%. Iuliano is just getting to camp after also being ill.

What will be the starting lineup?

[SueB]

Here's my guess:

Buffon
Nesta
Cannavaro
Panucci
Adani
Tommasi
Doni
Gattuso
Pirlo
Del Piero
Inzaghi

Given his current form for Milan, I wonder if Maldini is reconsidering his international retirement.

[phillips10]

I saw enough of Panucci this summer, but I guess with a couple injuries he factors in...

I do hope your correct in midfield, actually having two! creative/offensive types in there in Pirlo and Doni...

[soccerfan220]

That hasn't been Pirlo's role lately

[SueB]

As I said before when you brought that up, one can be a "creative/offensive type of player" without being in an advanced, attacking position. Pirlo is certainly NOT a defensive-minded player, no matter where you put him on the field. Some might say the same about Panucci :D

[phillips10]

Exactly -- the fact that he and Doni would be on the field in this lineup would represent a step in the right direction...

Plus Pirlo has put up decent numbers offensively, I believe he has a goal and a couple credited assists in league play so far...from wherever he lines up...

[soccerfan220]

You'r right. But about the goals, if he had one, it doesn't matter. Milan have already had 200,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

[ljube172]

Does anyone know bar/restoran in pittsburgh area that has rai international and it will cover game on saturday?