Very close to the debut of Luciano Spalletti on the bench ofItalia. The appointment is set for Saturday 9 September (20:45), when in Skopje the Azzurri will face the North Macedonia for the first of the two tenders valid for the Euro 2024 qualifiers. Repeated on 12 September, at San Siro, againstUkraine. The question everyone is asking is: how will Spalletti’s national team play? We start from a certainty: the 4-3-3.
Spalletti thinks of an ‘Ital-Naples’: ahead with the 4-3-3
There is no doubt about the game system that the new coach of the national team will adopt: we continue in the wake of that 4-3-3 which allowed him to win the last championship at the helm of Napoli. The fulcrum of the team that won the Scudetto after 33 years of waiting was Lobotka, through whose feet the Neapolitan maneuver took off. This task will now be up to Locatelli: with a coach like Spalletti the career of the midfielder of Juventus can really turn around.
Spalletti’s Italy is born: here’s who could play in defense
There’s no getting around it: you need a perfect race. Even because North Macedonia has already cost us a World Cup. Spalletti, who directed the first training session in Coverciano full ranks, evaluate every detail to choose the best eleven. There will be between the posts Donnarummaalthough he knows very well Meret. On the right, the presence of is not discussed of Lorenzowhile in central defense he tried pairs Casale-Bastoni e Mancini-Romagnoli, with the top two likely to be favourites. To the left Spinazzola-Biraghi ballot: the Romanist seems to have more chances.
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The three midfielders the coach will focus on against North Macedonia
The keys to the midfield will be entrusted to Locatelliwhich should be accompanied by Barella and Tonali. Quantity, leg and quality: a perfect mix at the service of an Italy that needs to relaunch itself after failing to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar and having already lost a match – moreover at home – against England in the race to Euro 2024 in Germany. Spalletti has also tried the line made up of Frattesi, Cristante and Pessina: above all the first can prove to be a valuable alternative to the ongoing competition with its entries.
Spalletti’s real doubt concerns the centre-forward: who will lead Italy
In training, two tridents were tested, the first formed by Politano, Retegui and Chiesa and the other from Gnonto, Raspadori and Zaccagni. Will the Certaldo technician opt for something new or will he choose to rely on the Neapolitans Politano and Raspadori? The first seems to have excellent chances to start on the right with one of Zaccagni and Chiesa on the left. The dilemma concerns the center forward: will it be the turn of the native Retegui or the expert Immobile, who however has never shone with the national team shirt? In the end, the attacker from Torre Annunziata could win.
Source: ANSA
2023-09-05 08:26:00
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