Where's Caldara? Where's Barella? Where's Balotelli? Why are Buffon, Chiellini, Parolo and Candreva still getting called up? Why Is Gagliardini being called up period?!?
Same old it seems! Hopefully the new coach stops calling up certain players...
I love Chiellini but he's too old! Come Euro 2020 he'll be 36. Buffon should just retire after these friendlies.
I'm sick of the treatment Balotelli keeps getting. Give the guy another chance. Sure, he messed up in the past but he brings something different than all the other strikers and he's been doing well with Nice.
Gagliardini will continue to be called up until we have a coach who can discern who is worthy and who's not, or until he's consistently on the bench for Inter or shipped off to a smaller team.
these are just friendlies, let's not go crazy over each selection...
if anything, this list is quite filled with new players and the old remaining are perhaps just an indicator that some players might need a little more time
I'm happy that Buffon can get a ceremonial sending off against two class national teams like England and Argentina. I'm sure the English fans would give him a lot of well deserved respect.
Buffon has made 4-5 saves so far. Italy started better but Arg is taking control. Immobile is isolated up front and useless. Insigne and Chiesa are playing too deep and seem to care more about defending.
Still feel like Balo would have added different style. Right now even when going forward the balls dont reach Immobile who gets outmuscled too easily.
Insigne just missed 2v1 to put Italy in front start of this second half. Glorious opportunity after poor backpass from Paredes. Italy should be ahead but Insigne fails to capitalize. This was a big chance.
Meh! As if Verratti had had an impact on this game!
Excellent result. I feared we could win but clearly I was not considering the difference in quality between the two teams. The result is excellent because coaches are sacked when they lose. Not that I think Di Biagio could be evaluated properly in two games. I have rated him before and these two games just have the purpose to get rid of him.
Unfortunately we have a team of hardworkers but it's the champions who win international games and we do not have the Baggios, Tottis and Pirlos. We do not even have a Banega! Not that I rate him highly, but we do not have one player like him. We have Candreva lol. Hopefully the next coach will try to forget that he exists. The next coach should also try the few quality players serie A offers, no matter whether they play for Bologna or Hellas Verona. Our only hope is that they improve badly in terms of consistence.
Insigne is the ultimate fraud of a player. He has 0 bottle. Zilch..
the chance he missed was diabolical
the only player that looked great today was verratti. The rest can **** off. Florenzi cant pass the ball..it was like watching sulley ali muntari out there.
Verratti was very good in the second half, not at his best in the first.
This team needs something different from a striker. Enough with the Immobile's and Belotti's of the world. Hoping the next coach will bring back Balotelli
While I think you're right about that, he remains the best option and probably will remain it for a while given the reluctance of Serie A coaches to use younger players.
I would never get rid of Verratti. This is what Italian football offers right now. The one player the next coach must absolutely get rid of is Candreva, because Candreva right now is a joke. That would be clear to anyone watching serie A games. Other than that hopefully the young players improve and replace the ones who play right now.