Cesare Prandelli confirms that Rossi and Cassano will start against Spain – International Football
Cesare Prandelli has confirmed that both of his star strikers http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Giuseppe-Rossi-c15027 of Villarreal will start against Spain in their friendly encounter against Italy which is scheduled to take place in
Italy at Bari. Both the strikers have been at the back of Italy’s strong results in the past but Prandelli’s outright admission that he will start with a two pronged attack against the winners of the FIFA 2010 World Cup is sure to raise some eye brows in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926.
Italians will be rooting for their team to outshine the World Champions but that is easier said than done. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 will look to play their traditional way by retaining the possession of the ball and pressurizing their opponents
high up the field. However Italy can take advantage of the pace of Rossi coupled with the vision of Cassano on the counter attack. The Italian manager also affirmed that he will be starting with a host of his first team regulars such as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Christian-Maggio-c9098, Andrea
Ranocchia and Chiellini.
He expressed his confusion over competition in his team’s midfield department as he has to select between http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniele-De-Rossi-c10112 and Pirlo are also favourites to start against
Spain as Italy will aim to stifle the midfield area against the world champions. Italy will look for revenge against Spain as they have lost in their last two meetings with their European neighbours. Their latest loss came against Ireland in an international
friendly in the month of June earlier this year.
Prandelli spoke about his team’s strengths and weaknesses as he stated, "We have no wide attackers, but we can make our attacks based on movement and we want to take advantage of our characteristics. Cassano can hold out for an
hour at a high level."
He was also quite complimentary of Italy’s opponents, the FIFA World Cup winners Spain as he said, “Spain have spent much time playing together. The team has tested mechanisms and automations. We will be playing against a team
that has plenty of quality in the middle of the field."
Italian national team coach stressed the importance of possession and entertaining football by elaborating on his team strategy. He said, "When we have possession, I want to see dynamic football. When we do not have the ball we
must gain it back. We know we are facing the world champions and we want to put them in difficulty."
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