Italia vs Germania quarter final

Stfu

 

I think Conte sticks with 3 5 2.

Buffon.
Chiellini. Bonucci. Barzagli.
Darmian. De Sciglio. Parolo. Florenzi. Sturaro.
Eder. Pelle.

 

No love for Romanogli? Why Rugani is consistently rated ahead of Romanogli I'll never quite understand...

 

One plays for a champion!

Those two will become a good partnership. Can't wait for Marotta to do his magic.

 

Florenzi will do something memorable. I'm calling it.

 

Why do you ********s ban the best posters here?

 

I did not go anywhere!

 

just curious about this since day one... to be fair and honest, why people who include italian or non italian fans keep saying we don't have a single "star" or "world class" player in this team? no totti, DP, pirlo, cannavoro, nesta... or even no balo(?!)
candreva and florenzi? that's controversy. insigne and bernardeschi? they are young talents only. BBC? they are only good as a unit.
de rossi! but he has dropped with aged, so maybe nope.
but come on guys, how can people forget him? our world class superstar GIGI BUFFON!!

 

Ya Alot of people are idiots on here

 

De Rossi has been the star so far. He's filling in admirably for Montolivo.

 

difficult task replacing a legend.

and if florenzi wasnt a roma player, you wouldnt want the guy on the pitch.

 

DeRossi was key against Spain. His quick 1-touch passing and nutmegs prevented them from winning the ball back and doing their thing.
As for Florenzi, I prefer him in this NT setup. Its the Roma formation he doesn't fit into.

 

i love de rossi, and he was key in this tournament for sure. but it seems he is a half match-hero now, similar to cassano in the last euro.
btw sturaro can be rate-b gattuso, whatever he plays or his face, can he really be good at de rossi/motta's post?

 

If Italy beat Germany it's because UEFA wants France to have an easier opponent and could not face losing to the Germans.

 

Talking out of YoUranus.

 

Italian fans have every right to feel confident going into this one. Italy outplayed both Belgium (#2 in world) and Spain (defending champs) on the road to QF. The first XI has yet to concede a goal and in those 2 encounters created a number of good opportunities.

I expect Italy to set out in much the same way as they did in those 2 matches. Two key factors for me are how well Parolo deputises for DDR and how the ass-sniffer approaches this match.

The regista role that Parolo plays is key because its a vital release valve when sides set out to absorb pressure and hit on the counter. Expect Bonucci and BC to take up some of the playmaking slack.

If Low takes the cagey approach, and seeks to conquer Italy through attrition than we may be in trouble. However I can't imagine Germany changing the way they play because an overly tactical approach is just not in their nature. They will most likely come at us like Spain and Belgium did before them and leave space for our wingers and forwards to exploit.

Italian weakness - missing a genuine regista. Apart from Jak and DeSciglio (on a very good day) our wingers aren't particularly strong in terms of their distribution. A number of players are sitting on yellows (3 professional fouls were key v Belgium)

Italian strengths - ability to counter through quality distribution from deep, at pace and with numbers.

German strengths - height in and around the box, speed, crossing.

German weakness - overconfidence

 

Telling people you disagree with to piss off and blow their boyfriends is now great posting?

 

Set plays and crosses aren't the strengths of this German team. Kimmich ( right back ) can't cross at all and Hector ( left back ) isn't great at it either. Mario Gomez had the best time of his career at VfB Stuttgart as a counter attacking player with the ball played into his feet running at defenders.

They are very much like the team of the 70s with Toni Kroos taking the place of Guenter Netzer.

There is no overconfidence either, all German media are talking about the Angstgegner Italy.

 

The media isn't really relevant. For example the Italian media wrote the team off from the start. Germany is as Germany does. They are playing well and scoring freely, I doubt they will transform themselves into a conservative unit overnight.

Attacking the 3-5-2 with width is the way to go. Therefore susceptibility to crosses and tall forwards is a major issue with Conte's system. If you watch the Sweden game, the opposition was constantly switching play to try to double-team and take advantage of the missing full-backs. A lot of dangerous Sweden moves came from crosses, Ireland scored from a deep cross. I expect Low will attempt to exploit this area and Conte will try to prevent the space for the wide players to get in and behind.

Furthermore Italy has 3 CBs and a 5 man midfield and they all defend very well. It will be very difficult to penetrate through the heart of this team.