Oranges038
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Ndoye seems like a player who always looks dangerous but rarely ever scores or assists.
Definitely, though I have absolutely zero faith at this point!That’s a good point. You’d have to fancy us against Slovakia though.
I am as confused as you are.Not even checking that tackle?
Orange cardThat should have been a red. No VAR check?
Oh wow, that's a lot.Chiellini.
Bonucci this year
Verratti and Insigne that decided to play in the retirement league
Jorginho and Immobile have dropped off a lot as well
Spinazzola always injuried.
The Swiss are nice to watch but Italy are letting them do whatever they want.Swiss look good. Are they actually good or are Italy just bad?
Xhaka and Schar better. Xhaka has been one of the best mids this season.Not scared by Suisse. Half of their players play in Serie A, I know their value and they are not that good..
In a combined XI Italy would be present with almost all their players:
Donnarumma > Sommer
Di Lorenzo > Stergiou
Mancini < Akanji
Bastoni > Rodriguez
Darmian > Schar
Barella > Xhaka
Cristante < Freuler
Fagioli > Aebischer
El Shaarawy > Rieder
Chiesa > Ndoye
Scamacca > Embolo
+ we have Spalletti who is a top coach.
I expect to win honestly.
Might be me and my nostalgia talking, but I feel like the quality of quite a few national teams has gone down a lot over the last 10-15 years.Mad to think that around 98-2000 Italy could choose from Baggio, Zola, Del Piero, Totti, Inzaghi, Vieri, Signori, Montella, Chiesa up front with great depth in midfield and defense to back that up and this is what they are now.
Especially given there were multiple other countries around with equally stacked squads.
Italy way atrocious against Spain. Could have been 5-0 for Spain.Swiss look good. Are they actually good or are Italy just bad?
I am as confused as you are.
yeah, have the same feeling with us (Faroe Islands)Honestly, if we (Scotland) had gone through and had actually put in effort, we might have been able to give Italy a game.
But a freekickShouldn’t have been a corner.
He could have been killed!Donnaruma
yeah, have the same feeling with us (Faroe Islands)
Chiesa got injured, we fecked up the WC qualifiers(ironically we beat the swiss from pillar to post twice and failed to beat them with Jorginho missing penalties in both games) and lost all confidence. Then Mancini quit on us for Saudi money. Spalletti has been working with these guys for less than a year and the team is bereft of any confidence at the momentWho retired after 2021 that caused this drop off? Chiellini? Surely a few others?
Nah, U BSHave to Credit Suisse
And to think if fecking Fulkrug didn't score, we'd be looking like our 1982 side right now smashing the germansHaving to stay on the pitch, watching mighty Switzerland toy with them, is a harsher penalty than a red card.
2010 World Cup. As defending champions, they finished bottom of a group containing Paraguay, Slovakia, and New Zealand.This Italy-side is quite poor, their worst tournament-edition since when?
Not impressed with their squad either.