Italian legend http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mario-Balotelli-c23937 – Premier League Update
Italian goalkeeping legend Dino Zoff has come forth and hailed Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli, as he has admitted the player is destined for greatness.
Zoff then went on to mention that Cesare Prandelli was doing a tremendous http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 with the Italian national side and that the team now looks like it is going to seriously contend with the top teams in Europe in Euro 2012.
Prandelli was appointed as the manager of the Italian national side following the conclusion of the FIFA World Cup 2010, which saw Marcello Lippi leave as the team’s manager. Prandelli, since coming into the side, has gone ahead and added a lot of confidence
and faith in the squad. This was something that had been missing for quite some time and had been affecting the Italians game.
Nonetheless, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 are now through to the Euro 2012 and even managed to make it through after having an unbeaten qualification. The team scored an impressive twenty goals during the qualifiers and managed to concede only two goals along the way. As a result,
many believe that Italy might finally be back to their best.
Zoff, when talking about how Prandelli had successfully managed to turn the Italian team around and gotten them back to their winning ways is quoted to have said: “Prandelli has done an excellent job”
“However, it was hard to believe that the side wouldn’t pick themselves up after their horrible World Cup.
“It’s true that there are a lot of foreigners playing over here, but the Italian championship always offers good solutions.”
The former great then turned his attention to Manchester City’s lethal forward, as he admitted Mario Balotelli had something really special going for him. At the same time, Zoff admitted that the youngster’s performance could make or break Italy’s pursuit
of silverware next season.
“Mario Balotelli has notable potential and he could be an added value to this team”
“But the need for a powerful striker depends on how the team moves and what the smaller attacking players can offer with their class and speed.”
“The important thing is to have attackers in your squad who know where the goal is.”
Italy are now going to play in the tournament next year, but are more than likely to participate in a number of friendly games before the tournament begins.
Balotelli is going to be put under the microscope over the coming few weeks, where the striker is going to have to prove that he is the ideal player to lead the team from the front, once the tournament kicks off next year.
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