Conte has some big choices to make for this summer. If he goes with a strike pairing of Pelle and Eder then we will do nothing this summer. The problem is we donât really have any standout strikers at the minute but I would not have either of these two in the top 15 attackers available to Italy at this present time.
Pelle canât get in the Southampton team at the minute and Eder has really struggled since joining Inter and has yet to score. They are two journeymen footballers who hit a patch of form in the past couple of years but are limited players at the end of the day.
Luckily we seem to have a few attackers coming to form of later.
Destro after a slow start with Bologna has 8 in his last 12, Immobile has hit a brace today for Torino and is back playing regularly after returning on loan. Belotti has hit a few for Torino of late. Zaza is doing very well at Juve. El Shaarawy has started off very brightly at Roma. Pavoletti has done well at Genoa this season.
The options we have that are better than Pelle and Eder are infinite.
The five I would bring to France would be:
Destro
Insigne ripping it up here in Munich.
Kroos gives Ze Germans the lead.
Italy 3-0 down now.
Bonucci looks like he has suffered a really bad injury.
Marchisio out of Euro 2016. Did his ACL today
Squad should be announced shortly.
I would go with:
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Attackers
Iâd imagine this will differ quite significantly with what Conte will go with, weâll most likely have to endure Pelle and Eder up front.
What about this Giovinco that plays for toronto, is he rated in the motherland?
Heâs very talented but Iâd be dubious about his credentials, he has the ability but he is a bit too slight and I wouldnât trust his mettle.
The few clips iâve seen of him he looks very good but thatâs in the junior B MLS, if he was really that good surely heâd be in europe?
Conteâs training squad which does not include players from Milan and June involved in the Coppa Italian final next week.
Goalkeepers: Federico Marchetti (Lazio), Antonio Mirante (Bologna), Marco Sportiello (Atalanta)
Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Sassuolo), Davide Astori (Fiorentina), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Armando Izzo (Genoa), Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham), Lorenzo Tonelli (Empoli)
Midfielders: Marco Benassi (Torino), Federico Bernardeschi (Fiorentina), Antonio Candreva (Lazio), Danilo Cataldi (Lazio), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Lorenzo De Silvestri (Sampdoria), Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma), Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), Emanuele Giaccherini (Bologna), Jorginho (Napoli), Marco Parolo (Lazio), Roberto Soriano (Sampdoria), Davide Zappacosta (Torino)
Forwards: Fabio Borini (Sunderland), Eder (Inter), Ciro Immobile (Torino), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Leonardo Pavoletti (Genoa), Graziano Pellè (Southampton)
Worst Italy squad for a while
Weâll stuff these pasta eating side swapping monkeys.
This is what the media believe our final 23 will look like:
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Federico Marchetti (Lazio), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint-Germain)
Defenders: Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham), Matteo Darmian (Manchester United), Mattia De Sciglio (Milan)
Midfielders: Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), Emanuele Giaccherini (Bologna), Riccardo Montolivo (Milan), Thiago Motta (Paris Saint-Germain), Marco Parolo (Lazio), Antonio Candreva (Lazio)
Forwards: Ciro Immobile (Torino), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Graziano Pellè (Southampton), Simone Zaza (Juventus), Federico Bernardeschi (Fiorentina), Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma)
Nembo_Kid:
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Federico Marchetti (Lazio), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint-Germain)
Defenders: Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham), Matteo Darmian (Manchester United), Mattia De Sciglio (Milan)
Midfielders: Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), Emanuele Giaccherini (Bologna), Riccardo Montolivo (Milan), Thiago Motta (Paris Saint-Germain), Marco Parolo (Lazio), Antonio Candreva (Lazio)
Forwards: Ciro Immobile (Torino), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Graziano Pellè (Southampton), Simone Zaza (Juventus), Federico Bernardeschi (Fiorentina), Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma)
Nothing to fear there, they wonât like the long ball
Weâre set piece maestros shur, didnât you see how we made shite of the Dutch there on Friday night from our dead balls?
Ireland never feared Italy
Nothing to fear whatsoever. Absolutely nothing between us in recent decades.
18-Jun-1994 New Jersey, USA World Cup Finals
You havenât beat us in a competitive game in 22 years.
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Disappointed Monty misses out on another major tournament with injury.