Surprises in the official lineups of Italy-Croatia of the European Championships, with Spalletti opting for some notable surprises. Bocciati Frattesi, Chiesa and Scamacca.
Revolution Italy against the Croatia to Europeans. The official line-ups for the match confirm Luciano Spalletti’s desire for change, who has focused on a very different national team compared to the one fielded on the evening to forget against Spain. Among the heaviest absences, those of Federico Chiesa and Scamaccabut not only.
Italy’s official line-up against Croatia, Spalletti surprises everyone
Italy’s official formation against Croatia features a 3-5-2 and therefore a surprise also in terms of formation compared to the 4-2-3-1 seen against Spain. A national team that was too bad to be true, with many players below par. For this reason, Spalletti decided to introduce some changes, leaving Chiesa, Frattesi and Scamacca on the bench and throwing Darmian, Raspadori and Retegui into the fray. These are the CT’s choices:
Italy (3-5-2): Donnarumma; Darmian, Bastoni, Calafiori; Di Lorenzo, Barella, Jorginho, Pellegrini, Dimarco; Raspadori, Retegui.
Spalletti explains why he upset Italy: “There were behaviors that I don’t want to see again”
So to recap, for Italy-Croatia decisive for winning the round of 16 of Euro 2024, Luciano Spalletti has decided to confirm Di Lorenzo and Jorginho, despite the terrible performance against Spain. The first had been constantly missed by Williams and the second, despite his experience, had never managed to find the position in the midfield, as underlined by the coach himself.
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