World champions Italy paired yet again in what slowly become a rivalry with france. With a somewhat unexperienced manager in Roberto Donadoni (with spells with Livorno and Lecce) they should be considered among the favourites. They usually employ a 4-3-3 formation with more or less the same side that won the world cup bar Francesco Totti and Alessandro Nesta. Their great midfield trio, Luca Toni's presence upfront and as always with italians grat defending and defenders mprovide the makings of a great footballing side. With del Piero and Cassano included in the squad there should be good cover coming from the bench although just like the french Donadoni elected to leave out prolific striker Filipo Inzaghi.
PROS:
1)Buffon is probably the greatest goalkeeper in the world
2)A lot of options upfront with a lot of in form strikers in Qualiarella and Di Natale and Cassano
3)Good defensive cover with De Rossi, Aquilani, Perrotta and Gattuso providing cover for Materazzi and Canavaro probably the best defensive duo in the tournament
CONS:
1)AC Milan players have been out of form. especially pirlo who is essential to Italy's play
2)Barzagli is the only cover to the regular defensive duo. chiellini might be able to play there although he could be the starting right back
Goalkeepers
1 Gianluigi Buffon
14 Marco Amelia
17 Morgan De Sanctis
Defenders
2 Christian Panucci
3 Fabio Grosso
4 Giorgio Chiellini
5 Fabio Cannavaro
6 Andrea Barzagli
19 Gianluca Zambrotta
23 Marco Materazzi
Midfielders
8 Gennaro Gattuso
10 Daniele De Rossi
13 Massimo Ambrosini
16 Mauro Camoranesi
20 Simone Perrotta
21 Andrea Pirlo
22 Alberto Aquilani
Forwards
7 Alessandro Del Piero
9 Luca Toni
11 Antonio Di Natale
12 Marco Borriello
15 Fabio Quagliarella
18 Antonio Cassano
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