As the first post-World Cup
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Tournaments, each team's player list often attracts the attention of fans, their favorite players have not been selected, or there are unexpected candidates into the list, can trigger a certain discussion. Especially with the tight season underway, the original
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Whether or not the players in the program are in shape, who are the losers lying injured, and who are the newcomers, all of them test the radar and intelligence of the coaching staff. Of course, this task is even more difficult and important for Italy, which has not been able to advance to the main round of the World Cup. After all, the window of the tournament is even longer, and in the first round, they have to meet England and Hungary, both of which are not bad, and they still have to bear the pressure of defending the title of defending champion, so they can't afford to be sloppy in the slightest.
Below you will find a rough introduction to the recently announced roster, a look at the new faces, or a discussion of players who could turn the past regular lineup around, and a spotlight on the controversial selection criteria and thought process.
In the past we were able to play soccer for 3 or 4 hours on the street before moving on to training, but nowadays you don't see anyone playing soccer on the streets of Italy anymore.
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Mancini said that the bottleneck in the selection of players is due to the decline of Italy's domestic youth training, as the highest use of foreign aid in the top five leagues, there is really less space for young people to play, and the result is that the national talent reserves. Of all the positions, center forward is arguably the one with the most serious shortage of talent, and it's most obvious when you look at the league's scoring charts, the only homegrown players who barely make the cut are Lazio's Immobile and Zaccagni (neither of whom made the cut, however).
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The rest are all non-Italian players. If we look at the starting centers that have played the most matches, there are only a handful of mid- to lower-tier teams that still use local centers, and they are generally old (e.g., Empoli's Caputo at 35) or underperforming (e.g., Sassuolo's Pinamonti with only 4 goals this season).
Then again, it's a result of the injury issues that are bound to be there, and Immobile, who has carried the load on one shoulder for the past few years, has been in the midst of recent
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The last time they played was the North Macedonia fiasco, and they were criticized for not being able to score in that crucial game. However, under Sarri's leadership this season, the team has also gelled well, with 9 goals and 3 assists in 20 matches, which is already the top of the list for local wingers. Although he is already 33 years old and does not meet the expectations of the lineup change, it is hard to put him out of the list with his obvious strength. Unfortunately, even if Mancini intends to call in, Immobile is still in the state of injured soldiers, in fact, he has missed up to 12 matches this season due to injuries, and for the intermittent absence due to different injuries, the physical condition is really not the past of the Yi A to carry the bully son, to be in the
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The chances of seeing Immobile inside are also getting lower and lower.
Raspadori has been playing for Napoli this season, and although he has only scored 1 goal in 16 matches as a substitute, his versatility allows him to be a useful piece of the coach's puzzle. But more importantly, he's a good player in
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role planning within the pre-World Cup last year, the
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In the tournament, Mancini experimented with a 3-5-2 formation, with Raspadori and Gnoto as the double arrows, which was more flexible and mobile, and also yielded good results. Unfortunately, the experimentation of the new tactic nowadays has to find someone else to take over, or go back to the familiar 4-3-3.
