Let's see Rossi was in Form and saved Parma from Reglation , while Palladino was out form and didn't play regularly for Juve.
1. It's Aquilani. 2. Chiellini is nothing like Zambrotta; If you want to compare a young Italian to Zambrotta look at Aleandro Rosi.
No, not yet; but Spalletti is grooming him into a RB/LB role--obviously right now he's better at playing on either wing. Spalletti has said he sees quite a bit of Zambrotta in Rosi, thus the comparison. I agree with him too, there are a lot of similarities and obvioulsy he has a ways to go, but he's still quite young. I love Rosi and hope he fully develops to his potential--just oozes untapped talent.
1) palladino IS a good player. Stop stoning a talented youngster, it's unfair. Also because he played a part in bringing us to the finals. 2) The slow approach to the tournament was not because of Rossi missing and bad luck played a part. We didn't deserve a loss vs Serbia despite our playing below our possibilities. 3) I frankly like the work Casiraghi and Zola are doing. Success at all cost (the gentile way) is not the best way to develop our best talents. The only thing I can criticize is the scheme, 4-3-2-1 seems to fit better with the players we have. It's also true though that 4-1-4-1 made us reach the final tournament. it's easy to criticize after things happen. 4) If there was someone like Gentile chances are that Rossi, Cigarini, Dessena, Criscito etc. were not even called because their U21 is the next one.
Well said. Our early exit isn't the fault of the coaching staff. We outplayed both the Serbs and the English and should've won both those games but too many missed opportunities is what cost us in the end. Casiraghi can select the players, impliment the formation, and get this team into shape. But in the end it's up to the PLAYERS to bury those chances! Something which they were not able to do on numerous occassions which is what cost us in the end.
My fantastic dream is the combination of the Magical of Rossi in the year of 2010 world cup squad, where de rossi as a midfielder, A. Rosi, whether a fullback or a winger, G. Rossi the hidden striker and Rosina, the winger, to simulate the succes of Brazil, where the Brazilian team that applied the 4-R combination with Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos and Ronaldinno in world cup 2002. The squad together with Gilardino, when he was born the day of Italy’s 3-2 win over Brazil in Barcelona at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, and Cassano, who was born on the day after Italy beat West Germany in the 1982 World Cup Final. In the year of 2010, we are going to challenge the geographic obstacles where Italy never crown their World Cup outside euro It is truely an impossible mission, to crown world cup successively
Typical.... one disappointment and all of a sudden it's "fire him!" I seriously doubt this would have been your reaction had Serbia defeated England and Italy won with the same score...
Time for a new coach...................................CasaMoron has had his chance and blew it. IN FORM ROSSI WAS on The BENCH most of the game against Serbia........ Not reaching the last 4 is not good enough....We had the Talent to be atleast in the Semi........ Gentile who had won the U21, didn't get his contract renewed for the same results.... in 2006 Atleast w/Donadoni he plays INFORM Players ........................
https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=399677&page=30 Would you like to confirm what you just said? Post #445.....
lol kqql just got pwned!! For the record I do feel Rossi was hard done by but I do rate Palladino aswell, regardless who is to stay how much of a difference Rossi could of made anyway.
I highly doubt it would have made a difference. He may have played well against the Czech Republic and maybe deserved to start up in the first two games, but that doesn't necessarily mean he would have put Italy ahead and allowed the team to progress.... That's just hypothetical.
Abete just said on tv that casiraghi and his staff are staying through 2009. I think it's a wise decision, Italy admittedly played like crap in this tournament, but still managed to get an olympic ticket and has been very solid in qualifying, beating the likes of spain, best u-21 team in europe according to many experts....plus, the 2009 cycle started ok. Hopefully in beijing this team (rai commentators said chiellini, pazzini and aquilani are going as wild cards) will shine and erase this year's early and unexpected exit.
But beating Spain doesn't count--it is an international tournament, after all Are you really in Genova? (You don't have to answer, obviously)
Well, don't really know about the Rosi/Zambrotta, but Zambrotta in his youth was an attacking winger too...remember euro 2000 or when he played for Bari/Juve with Ancelotti??
For the Olympics, players have to be under the age of 23. Each team is allowed to bring 3 overage players. The Olympics is U23 because FIFA does not want it to have the same prestige as the WC.