Even though the Italian national boss lauded http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011, he still felt that the AS Roma skipper could have done more.
The AS http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Russia-c2991 following a calf strain. This put the stopper on the treatment
table, and the medics informed the Italian boss that the defender would not be able to make it to the squad until at least the last match of the Group C.
In his absence, Prandelli has deployed Daniele De Rossi in defence, who has had the experience of playing at the back, as Luis Enrique played him in that position when Roma were having injury crisis of their own.
Cesare Prandelli hailed the influence and the determination of De Rossi, but stated that he was expecting just a bit more from the midfielder. During his interview he was quoted to have said:
“De Rossi was extraordinary, but he has to get a bit further forward to help his teammates in the middle of the pitch. I was expecting that as he is really a midfielder.”
Even though, the judgment passed by the Italian head coach might be a little harsh, this might allow the Italians to push further up the pitch to allow far more coherent attacks. This will put more demands on the midfielder but given his thoroughly professional
display at the PGE Arena, De Rossi would be heeding to his coach’s demands.
While commenting on their performance in the match against Spain, the Italian boss was of the opinion:
“Overall, we did well against Spain, especially in the first half where we created a number of opportunities. However, we haven’t sorted out our problems yet.”
It was a very coherent display of defence by the Italian team, however the team was wasteful with their chances and nerves showed against the European champions as both the teams scrambled for a victory.
Prandelli deployed a 3-5-2 formation which will be the one used against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Croatia-c2879, and De Rossi would be starting in the centre of defence once again.
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