ISERLOHN (from the correspondent) – It is possible to verticalize and surprise Spain with counterattacks, here is the variant hypothesized by Spalletti on the night in Dortmund. We will have to raise the defense wall, as Italian tradition dictates. Morata is not Broja, Pedri knows how to invent football and resolve more than Bajrami, Nico Williams and Yamal are two deadly attacking wingers. Asani and Seferi, Sylvinho’s two wingers, don’t even come close to that level. So a question has been floating around for a few hours and it’s becoming a plausible hypothesis. L’insertion of a real stoppera pure marker, to cover yourself better, use contrast, don’t take risks in duels. Lucio knows how to be pragmatic and not just innovative. He also plays well by calculating his opponent. Two directors like Bastoni and Calafiori, a new Stones, were ideal for an attacking and dribbling match as happened with Albania. Maybe I’m a risk with Spain. Roughness inevitable in Gelsenkirchen. Three points are in the safe, now some reasoning can be done and the appropriate rotations can be studied. Here because Mancini’s candidacy in the starting block has risen and Cristante could make his way in (indirect) competition with Pellegrini. More robust team.
Italy, Mancini is a candidate
A clue was added, collected on the Iserlohn pitch during training open to the media yesterday afternoon in the first 15 minutes. Roma player Gianluca Mancini has joined the blue group which included Di Lorenzo, Bastoni, Calafiori, Dimarco, Jorginho, Cristante, Chiesa, Frattesi, Pellegrini and Retegui. Almost all owners. Barella, Dortmund’s protagonist, wore the red bib of the joker. With the yellow brother Bellanova, Gatti, Buongiorno, Cambiaso, Darmian, Fagioli, El Shaarawy, Folorunsho, Zaccagni, Raspadori and Scamacca. Twelve against twelve, because this is how it has worked since the beginning of the preparation in Coverciano. Mancini moved as an alternative to Bastoni and Calafiori. By retaining the four-man defensive line, as seems probable, the Bologna centre-back would become the main suspect to give him the place. Spalletti, in this case, would not touch the balance achieved, but would fix only one position, reinforcing the 4-1-4-1 (3-2-5 under construction) by changing a central defender. Mancini in, Calafiori out.
Italy, Spalletti’s strategies
L’other possibility, plausible but not yet verified, would lead to placing Mancini alongside Bastoni and Calafiori, sacrificing a midfielder. Almost certainly Pellegrini. The 3-4-2-1 of Empoli with Chiesa (on the left) and Frattesi (on the right) in support of Scamacca is a secondary hypothesis. Faith in the center of the village would guarantee the counterattack, but the coach does not appear to be willing to give up the midfield quadrilateral (two midfielders and two attacking midfielders) and the Juventus player in that position did not convince Castellani. Another clue, however, points in the direction of 4-3-3 and concreteness. Perhaps Cristante’s presence was not a coincidence either. Translation with possible anti-Spain formation. Four-man defensive line with Di Lorenzo, Mancini, Bastoni and Dimarco. Cristante, Jorginho and Barella (alternative number 10 to Pellegrini) in the middle. Frattesi and Chiesa are the arrows to operate next to Scamacca. You make the form, with Spalletti they no longer exist.
