ITALY
2008
ITALY 2008 EUROPEAN CUP QUARTERFINALIST
Standing: Buffon, Toni, Zambrotta, Barzagli, Panucci and Ambrosini.
Bended: Materazzi, Di Natale, Camoranesi, Gattuso and Pirlo.
2008
ITALY 2008 EUROPEAN CUP QUARTERFINALIST
Standing: Buffon, Toni, Zambrotta, Barzagli, Panucci and Ambrosini.
Bended: Materazzi, Di Natale, Camoranesi, Gattuso and Pirlo.
MANAGER: Roberto DONADONI
GOALKEEPERS:
1 Gianluigi BUFFON 2nd ©
14 Marco AMELIA
17 Morgan DE SANCTIS
DEFENDERS:
2 Christian PANUCCI
3 Fabio GROSSO
4 Giorgio CHIELLINI
5 Alessandro GAMBERINI*
6 Andrea BARZAGLI
19 Gianluca ZAMBROTTA
23 Marco MATERAZZI
MIDFIELDERS:
8 Gennaro GATTUSO
10 Daniele DE ROSSI
13 Massimo AMBROSINI
16 Mauro CAMORANESI
20 Simone PERROTTA
21 Andrea PIRLO
22 Alberto AQUILANI
FORWARDS:
7 Alessandro DEL PIERO ©
9 Luca TONI
11 Antonio DI NATALE
12 Marco BORRIELLO
15 Fabio QUAGLIARELLA
18 Antonio CASSANO
*Alessandro Gamberini was called as a replacement for the initially selected captain Fabio Cannavaro, who was injured by Giorgio Chiellini in a training session on 2 June
4-3-3 FORMATION:
Spain Vs Italy - European Cup Quarterfinal (22/06/2008)
GK BUFFON
CB PANUCCI
CB CHIELLINI
RB ZAMBROTTA
LB/LWB GROSSO
DMF DE ROSSI
CMF AQUILANI
CMF AMBROSINI
AMF PERROTTA
SS CASSANO
CF TONI
Substitutions: Camoranesi for Perrotta (57 mn), Di Natale for Cassano (74 mn) and Del Piero for Aquilani (107 mn)
Note: Cassano started on the right wing in the second half, but quickly returned to his initial spot on the left wing
Camoranesi, while on paper was the central attacking midfielder of Italy, also spent a lot of time on the wings, mainly on the left side
Di Natale played on the right side of the attack
Captain: Gianluigi Buffon
Short Free Kick: Daniele De Rossi
Long Free Kick: Daniele De Rossi/Mauro Camoranesi/Fabio Grosso/Massimo Ambrosini
Free Kick 2: Fabio Grosso
Left Corner: Daniele De Rossi
Right Corner: Antonio Cassano/Mauro Camoranesi
Penalty: Andrea Pirlo
Players to go up on free kicks and corners: Christian Panucci, Giorgio Chiellini, Daniele De Rossi, Massimo Ambrosini
Team Strategy
★Right Side Attack - Second Half
★Left Side Attack
★Counter Attack
★Long Passing - Optional
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