The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003 goalkeeper is of the opinion that the national side should be opting for a three-man defence and said that they need to respect each team in their group.
The Partenopei shot-stopper is second in line to the Italian captain, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gianluigi-Buffon-c14833, as the goalkeeper of the Nazionale. The Italians start the competition on the 10th of June against the reigning World and European
Champions, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011, a match for which many have predicted the Spaniards to overcome the Italians.
However, despite Spain’s presence in the group, De Sanctis has shed light into the rest of the group, and stressed that they should not be underestimating anyone in the competition.
In particular, the Napoli player has cited http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926’s performance in the 2010 World Cup as a prime example for staying on their toes and giving their all in each and every match, regardless of the opposition. He mentioned that there
was a need to focus and not repeat the same mistakes they did the last time around, and mentioned:
“For the moment we will focus on Spain, which is a match against a very important team. Then http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Croatia-c2879 and Ireland will be discussed when the time comes.”
The Azzurri have not had the best of form ahead of the tournament, and they have lost their last three consecutive matches. This has drawn widespread criticism of the Italian team and many see this as proof of the Italian frailties.
De Sanctis had a match to forget in their last friendly, especially as he would have wanted to impress the Italian head coach, Cesare Prandelli, ahead of the group matches.
The loss made the Azzurri boss try out the 3-5-2 formation in training, a tactic used by various clubs around the Serie A. The Naples based player reflected on his performance in the match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Russia-c2991, a match consequently
lost 3-0 by Italy, and went on to state:
“That was an off day, but we are learning from it and realise we must have more balance in the side. Many players in this squad have experience of a three-man defence and this can help us.”
Prandelli has had a lot to contend with in the past few days given the injury crisis that have plagued the Italian’s preparations ahead of the Euro 2012.
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