The Juventus defender has likened the Italian boss to his club manager for the level of detail he puts in preparing matches, and commented on England’s style of play.
Cesare Prandelli leads the Italians unbeaten into the knockout stages of the European Championships, with their victory coming at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Giovanni-c14985 Trapattoni’s Irish troops.
The Azzurri will be battling it out against the Three Lions, who topped Group D, at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032. The match will be the fourth and last quarter-final of the European Championship. England came in the competition on the back of a lot
of negative press, mostly triggered by the selection of their new manager, Roy Hodgson.
Besides his selection concerns, the Three Lions lost out key players through injuries, in the form of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 have performed better then they had done under previous regiments.
When quizzed about the relative strengths of the two sides, the Bianconeri defender was of the opinion that the English have been playing with the Italian mentality, good defence and hitting teams on the counter attack with their quality strikers.
He was talking to an assembled press before their match against Roy Hodgson’s men, and mentioned:
“They have the attitude of an Italian team, good defensively, tough, they should be studied carefully. Their line of defence, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ashley-Cole-c6809 is world class.”
The Azzurri international was of the opinion that they were a tactically sounder outfit then the English. However, he conceded that was not the only requisite to go far in a competition as other components were required to achieve success.
When quizzed over the possible impact of Rooney over their preparations for the match, Bonucci said that they were learning about the striker and his abilities. He also lauded the Italian head coach for the meticulousness shown in the preparations for the
match. He was quoted to have said:
“We’ve started to study [http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736]. Moreover, Cesare Prandelli is like Antonio Conte. He prepares for games with many videos and lots of work at training. It is so you always know what to do. And in this case, we must be wary of the English.”
The Italians have had problems of their own, but have impressed everyone with the style of football they have adopted.
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