Probable Italy lineup (4-2-3-1) – Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Bastoni, Calafiori, Dimarco; Jorginho, Barella; Chiesa, Frattesi, Pellegrini; Scamacca. Technical commissioner: Luciano Spalletti.
Thursday 11.20am – Everything is ready for Spain-Italy. It’s the day of the challenge against red furies. Luciano Spalletti this morning carried out a light refinement in view of this evening’s match with kick-off at 9.00 pm. The team will have lunch in Iserlohn and then in the afternoon, around 5.30 pm, they will transfer by bus to the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, about 70 kilometers away.
Wednesday 7.25pm - Never change a winning team. Luciano Spalletti intends to confirm the same eleven that won against Albania last Saturday. The indications coming from the training session on the eve go in this direction: the coach tested the team that won their debut match at the BVB Stadion in Dortmund.
Wednesday 3.20pm – Luciano Spalletti doesn’t say too much about the lineup. In the press conference, he expressed himself as follows about the team that will play tomorrow: “This time I’ll say the lineup tomorrow, I won’t say it the day before because I haven’t received any news about the others about who’s playing.”
Wednesday 9.30am – The long eve of Spain-Italy begins. Today at 2.30 pm from the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen Luciano Spalletti will speak to analyze the most anticipated challenge in Group B of this European Championship. Subsequently, the technical commissioner will return to Iserlohn for the decisive training session which will begin at 5.00 pm.
The Italy coach, who wants to continue on the path traced in Dortmund, is currently evaluating some changes in the starting eleven given the many close commitments (the match against Croatia on Monday). In defense we will move forward with the four-man line, but Giovanni Di Lorenzo could take a breather and leave space for Matteo Darmian. Balloting underway.
Tuesday 9.00 pm – In the name of continuity. Italy approaches the match against Spain with the idea of not revolutionizing the team that won and convinced on its debut against Albania. Luciano Spalletti two days before the match against red furies continued the work on the back four with Bastoni and Calafiori who, once again, could be featured again from the first minute in front of Donnarumma.
The technical commissioner of the national team is currently thinking above all about the possibility of adding greater physicality in the middle of the pitch by inserting Bryan Cristante from the first minute together with Jorginho and Barella. At that point, Lorenzo Pellegrini, number 10, who was replaced during the match at the BVB Stadion in Dortmund last weekend to make room for his teammate, could be sacrificed. An alternative could be to leave Frattesi out. For Spalletti these are hours of reflection, but the path is clear: no revolution is foreseen against Spain.
