Euro 2024, which commentary to choose tonight for Italy-Albania? The “pop” of Caressa and Bergomi (Sky) or the “classic” of Rimedio and Di Gennaro (Rai)? Meanwhile, the formation of Spalletti’s national team… – MOW

THEItaly Albania it’s the beginning of ours Europeans. We are only in the group stage, but it is the first real test for the coach Luciano Spallettiwhich presumably will choose a hybrid between the 3-4-2-1 and the 4-3-2-1 with Scamacca as the only central striker. They will be there to serve him Church And Pilgrimswhile defending the “stronghold” defended by Donnarumma we’ll have Di Lorenzo, Calafiori, Bastoni and Dimarco. Not an easy debut, especially from a mental point of view: after the victory of the European Championships 2021 there was the failure to qualify for the World Cup and the change of coach from Roberto Mancini to the technician of Certaldo. However, the match will not only be played on the green lawn of the Dortmund, but also to the microphones. For those who won’t be at the stadium, the choice will be between Sky And Rai. That is, between the historic couple Fabio Caressa And Beppe Bergomi and the one formed by Alberto Rimedio And Antonio Di Gennaro. Which one will the audience choose at home?

DCaressa and Bergomi remember the historic phrase “let’s go to Berlin”the commentary that took us to the roof of the world in an unexpected way with the men led by Marcello Lippi in the historic world championship won in 2006 in Germany. Germany returning, because the European Championships will be played there again this year. Will it be a coincidence? We Italians are ultimately superstitious, so why not hope? Fabio and Beppe are the pop couple of our football, with whom the generation of thirty-year-olds grew up. In fact, for them it is now 25 years of working marriage, they were the first to make certain phrases go viral which also made them living memes. Of the two, Caressa is the most targeted on social media, especially for her predictions (sometimes wrong), which she bravely goes into before the start of the championship. Coined the term “orange card”, when the foul is penalized with a yellow but deserves worse. He is the man of “the referee sends everyone to drink hot tea”the phrase that, even in the middle of summer, we hear him utter at the end of the first half. Bergomi, on the other hand, we often hear him say “you’re right Fabio, you’re right”. The perfect “shoulder”, who almost never contradicts him live and with whom there is a sensational feeling. In short, the combination that, for subscribers of Sky we also see on Sunday evening in the post-match: “Il Club”, followed by “without a jacket”, in which Caressa hosts various well-known faces from the world of football to comment on the matchday in Serie A, including interviews, refereeing errors, technical comments and Var analysis.

LRai’s offer, however, will have on commentary Remedy and Di Gennaro with a certainly more classic and formal style than the two Sky faces. The fans ofInter they will certainly not have forgotten the outburst of six years ago, in which Di Gennaro (who commented for Rai on Inter’s defeat against Tottenham in Champions), when the score was still 0-0, thinking he wouldn’t be listened to, he commented “what a bad team”, referring to Spalletti’s team. Alberto Rimedio is the commentator of the national team for Rai, as well as the man of the “lost commentary” of the final at Wembley due to Covid. Much more inclined to make strong statements than Di Gennaro, he had recently spoken about the current national team, stating: “The spark is missing. There is a lot of application with respect to the coach’s requests, but this application still seems quite scholastic to me. There may not be the necessary brilliance, but a stimulus from a psychological point of view can take over.” It is not the first time that he and Di Gennaro talk about the mental aspect, a word that has been used much more in football in recent times, trying to give an interpretation that goes beyond just pure tactics, just the schemes that then often, as they say, they “jump while the race is in progress”. Two channels and two diametrically opposed styles, but who will the Italian public choose? A slightly more classic commentary, not excessively protagonist, like the one provided by Rai? Or the frenzy and unpredictability of Sky’s pairing?