The former head coach of Fiorentina has gone on to comment on the new system they deployed against France, while analysing different perspectives of the match.
Italy were playing hosts in a friendly match against the French national team on Wednesday evening, and it was all set up to be an entertaining between two powerhouses of Europe. Both teams are developing and entering into a new phase, with many important
players having retired from international football.
Having seen this opportunity of friendly matches in the mix of competitive matches (World Cup Qualifiers), many head coaches found this as an opportunity to experiment and tinker with their squad. Same was the case with the Italian and French national outfits,
as their coaches sought to introduce youngsters into the system to have them get some taste of international football.
Prandelli went on to replace the ever present http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Salvatore-Sirigu-c32282, who is currently plying his trade for Paris Saint-Germain. Furthermore, Marco Verratti was given his first senior start with
the Nazionale, as Prandelli opted on resting Andrea Pirlo for later.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 played a good game and it was a well contested match with both the sides looking to press and attack. However, the Azzurri created more chances, and were the first ones to go in the lead after Stephan El Shaarawy converted the chance presented by Riccardo
Montolivo.
After the opener, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mario-Balotelli-c23937 and Emanuele Giaccherini both came close to increasing that score, but were unfortunate as their strikes hit the cross bar. Prandelli was talking to the press and during his conversation with the media; he went on to remark
that he saw positive signs in the Azzurri style of play. Furthermore, he also remarked on the prospects of Verratti and Pirlo starting the match. He was quoted to have said:
“The strikers did well and have different characteristics. El Shaarawy is very generous and I saw a good Italy side. If I had a few more friendlies and training sessions then we could see Andrea Pirlo and Verratti together, but for the moment we have to
focus on qualifying.”
It has been a good year for the Azzurri but they lost out to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 in Parma by the score line of 2-1.
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