Dismal Italy tactically lacking

World cup 2010 - Slovakia 3 - 2 Italy
Perhaps the virtues of altitude training has finished in the last 15 minutes against Slovakia, Italy and more attacking options and flair displayed in the 255 earlier, but it would be a misinterpretation of the game and tournament Azzurri to believe that it was the way the side has won every set should have.
Desperate times call for desperate measures and Italy in the second half, 4-2-4 formation, had little to produce - especially since the Slovak only minor tactical adjustments to cope with danger. In fact, several players near their own goal area, they left too much room in Italy on the flanks and in the last third of their share, giving special attention to the nature of the threat Fabio Quagliarella, scoring big goal instead of the main objectives donations in batch mode.

But in ordinary circumstances, when the game and the next round can still be achieved without transportation to the equivalent of your pocket warheads, Italy, were as poor as they had in their last two races, or perhaps be even worse.

Again, we can say the nature of coaches after the event are welcome, of course, got his starting eleven wrong Marcello Lippi. And he said right after the match, while admitting full responsibility for sending one page, in its words, unprepared, both at the tactical and psychological.




Italy started with a 4-2-3-1, 4-4-2 and 4-3-3 in consecutive matches go wrong to change tactics in the second half every time things. This is the mark of genius, if you win, but he immediately turns into a sign of utter confusion, if things go wrong.

The Azzurri lost too much time in the attempt, which was his tactical identity, and, finally, they are never found, a 4-2-4 over the last 30 minutes may not be duplicated in long rows, and we ask what the left would have been in Italy in the next round, they had managed to push the ball over the goal line in the turmoil, long-suffering baseball final minutes.

Andrea Pirlo was not feeling so low? Next, suppose that the terrible indictment on the lack of talent through the junior ranks. Nobody else in Serie A, at least where the conduct of an Italian passport, skills were at issue in a limited time and with less than full fitness, against Slovakia. Pirlo - the will and it must be said, has not been brilliant for Milan last year - to protect the ball rotates, indeed, invited - in fact - to take the pressure quarterback Peyton Manning, and if it is nearby, is a pass into space, accelerating the pace suddenly, sometimes one-to-head, as he did Thursday.

As Pirlo is out, and a course can ask whether it will be part of the selection by coach Cesare Prandelli next person can speed and spraying is precisely the same easy to define. Riccardo Montolivo has shown promise, but disappeared for a good game against Paraguay, playing his position against Slovakia on the left or right side of midfield three men.

Without such contributions, Italy had other opportunities to create scoring chances, at least 50% of football is the subject comes to the station. Unfortunately for the Azzurri, who never found the time.

GIORGIO Chiellini was the best Italian defender, but he was wrong on two of the goals and return to the Azzurri a little help from Fabio Cannavaro, takes a few moments that added substantially avoided in previous games, except on set pieces.

Lippi personal decisions must also be questioned. I do not think that his refusal of Antonio Cassano - who you think the fact that in 2008 European Championship glory and fame he gets, the more it ignores the shirt of Italy - or Mario Balotelli, but the decision is based on a spot coach Rino Gattuso against Slovakia, which could carve out a role for itself in the first half as it Zdeno Strba left knee by an accidental kick . Even when he moved to the left on the cover of Antonio Di Natale Getaway infield, there was little about Slovakia pause - was almost nonexistent in the previous two games - and the distance to the mid- time is further evidence that Lippi error has occurred.

What are the worst consequences of the absence of Italy in the future? A mind is: the less time and space media real football and you throw in the calcio mercato, the festival of lies, speculation and hype palm of unknown players, animation, uh, not spending every Italian season. Oops.