Italy VS France 2:30 EST The game will be played in Parma and will be televised in North America on Rai International. France has announced their squad Goalkeepers: Mickael Landreau (Lille), Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur), Steve Mandanda (Olympique Marseille) Defenders: Gael Clichy (Manchester City), Mathieu Debuchy (Lille), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), Christophe Jallet (Paris St Germain), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), Adil Rami (Valencia), Mamadou Sakho (Paris St Germain), Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (Montpellier) Midfielders: Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle), Etienne Capoue (Toulouse), Yoann Gourcuff (Olympique Lyon), Maxime Gonalons (Olympique Lyon), Blaise Matuidi (Paris St Germain), Moussa Sissoko (Toulouse), Mathieu Valbuena (Olympique Marseille) Forwards: Olivier Giroud (Arsenal), Bafetimbi Gomis (Olympique Lyon), Jeremy Menez (Paris St Germain), Dimitri Payet (Lille), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich) Italy will announce their squad after Sunday's fixtures
Portieri: Buffon, De Sanctis, Sirigu, Viviano Difensori: Balzaretti, Criscito, Chiellini, Barzagli, Bonucci, Astori, Maggio, Santon Centrocampisti: Pirlo, Marchisio, Verratti, Florenzi, Diamanti, Giaccherini, Montolivo Attaccanti: Destro, Balotelli, El Shaarawy, Giovinco, Osvaldo i think Mesto should get looked at.
Italy line-up:Sirigu; Maggio, Chiellini, Barzagli, Balzaretti; Montolivo, Verratti, Marchisio, Candreva, Balotelli, El Shaarawy Must be one of the youngest lineups at this level in a longtime.
Hmm good choice of players..especially the ones that play in france. I still think he should start using santon as well...cant depend on balzaretti forever he's getting old
Three things: 1. Excited to see Santon play--hopefully he gets a half. We need to upgrade our full-backs! 2. Verratti. Will be awesome to see him start for the Azzurri. He should be careful about his aggressive style of play though. (He picks up a lot of yellow cards at PSG). 3. Balotelli and SES. Is this Italy's future attack pair? Definitely excited for this game.
I think Osvaldo should get it on the action too, he has been playing well for Roma. Lots of options up front!
Football Italia just announced our starting XI: Italy: Sirigu; Maggio, Barzagli, Chiellini, Balzaretti; Montolivo, Verratti, Marchisio; Candreva, Balotelli, El Shaarawy That doesn't look too bad!
Verratti's movement has been good. El Shar a bright spot for sure! working stream: http://www.rojadirecta.me/goto/0s1ht0tv.blogspot.mx/p/canal-1.html
Fun game, lively first half. Italy have had some bright spells of attacking football--Balo has been good, Verratti looks excellent, and Montolivo has shown some good things. But we've been undisciplined: Candreva has been giving away the ball in the final third, our full-backs haven't found the killer cross, and we keep playing too vertically--racing upfield, punting up to Balotelli, and sometimes getting caught in possession. Would like to see Santon in the second half, and maybe an attempt at Pirlo and Verratti in the same midfield. Forza ragazzi!
Thanks for the memo. I was actually curious if he was stinking up the joint; my stream craps out now and again and hadn't seen anything noteworthy from him, and they flashed in on his face on the bench, he seemed annoyed...nice to see Florenzi, Verratti getting a chance, but down 2-1 now, let's get it back boys...friendly or not, losing to France is unacceptable!
^ Thought you were mad that he was subbed... He setup the goal...thought he played ok. A little soft, but that's him.