Italia always does well in final tournaments. Start slow, sometimes barely make round of 16, but then you can't beat them in knockout stages (unless you are South Korea of course and fifa is helping you out). So yes, can do well for sure, won't win due to lack of finishers but as far as final- why not.

Is this Italy full of talent? No. Are they in great form? No. Are they so horribly bad that they can’t win the Euro? No. Top 5 GK (Donna), top 5 LB (DiMarco), top 5 CM (Barella) , top 5 LW (Chiesa) when fit. And one of the better Managers at the tournament who just recently brought Napoli their first scudetto since Maradona’s title win 30 years ago. We go through this every tournament, Italy are never favourites, pundits never rate them whether they’re good or not. Partly because the pundits don’t watch Serie A, partly because Italy rarely beat up on teams. But before 2020, nobody thought Italy had a chance - because of missing out on WC and they said our squad was average. And Italy won. France was supposed to destroy everyone and lost to Switzerland.

@shaquillethomas1544

5 ай бұрын

France is kinda overrated but they are the best though

@TT-fq7pl

5 ай бұрын

Once in a tournament, Italy is notoriously hard to knock out.

@roccosage8508

5 ай бұрын

@@TT-fq7pl precisely. Look Italy in the 21st century has been a mixed bag. Sometimes embarrassing sometimes incredible. And that’s the difference between Italy and most other National Teams. We still brought home a WC and a Euro in the 21st century. What have England, Belgium, Netherlands done? Zero. The only other European Nation that’s won more trophies than Italy since 2000 is Spain.

@shaquillethomas1544

5 ай бұрын

@@roccosage8508 yes only Spain

@TT-fq7pl

5 ай бұрын

@@roccosage8508 I'm not Italian and so I can agree with you purely on logic and not emotion. Italy can ALWAYS win a tournament. Will they win the Euros? Probably not. But I'll guarantee you this: no other team wants to face an Italian eleven in a knock-out tournament game.

Mudryk's swan dive reminded me of Jurgen Klinsmann's extravagant dive in the 1990 WC Final. Hilarious.

The biggest issue for Italy is that we don't have a strikers to finish the chances created. Scamacca came on against Ukraine and although he held the ball up somewhat, his finishing and link up play was bad. There's plenty of time for the Euros so hoping we get some inform strikers by then

@user-ui7ug9co4o

5 ай бұрын

Chill Bro Mario Baletolli is coming 😂😂😂😅😅😊

@dinopadayachee8289

5 ай бұрын

@@user-ui7ug9co4o Honestly, given how badly Italian stickers have performed at national level, I'd probably consider Balotelli if he could get his mindset right lol

@crypticphantom8320

5 ай бұрын

⁠@@dinopadayachee8289Francesco Camarda is on his way.

@xyz-po2kn

2 ай бұрын

Retegui will do good....he is truly lethal

@_3kk0_

29 күн бұрын

Italy can play a false 9. Spalletti reinvented it in modern football at Roma with Totti. He can do it if needed.

A good chance I would think. They move the ball forward quickly and have firmed up in defence. Plus they are defending champions. They won't want to give that up easily.

Never underestimate the Azzurri

Ironically all Italys youth levels are full of talent including strikers. Francesco Camarda , he's a goal machine.

I think it’s either France or England winning with Portugal lurking behind

@shaquillethomas1544

5 ай бұрын

England not winning Anything

@Skyrose1978

5 ай бұрын

England's biggest problem is their manager.

@environm3ntalist549

5 ай бұрын

@@shaquillethomas1544rent free

@Joswag

5 ай бұрын

@@shaquillethomas1544 true but with their team they are still competitive

@ce11amitkumaryadav83

5 ай бұрын

​@@shaquillethomas1544people comment by looking at teams . England and France have the best one's

"You cant put it in" Thats what she said

I love this podcast! Always good analysis

even those days in 2006, Italy were never favourites. They were never favourites in any cup level since then and I'm thick and thin Azzurri fan since 1994. I will still put them the target of reaching quarter-finals as the realistic target.

I'll be very happy if we reach the Semis but Quarterfinals are more likely

Depends if anyone is betting

Didn’t we have this conversation last time too?

Italy have 2 positions empty and have to find the right players for them: Central Defender and Lethal Striker.

there is always hope but this italy side you look at the centre back partnership of acerbi and gatti it is not top draw it seems unlikely bastoni, scalvini and buongiorno are capable of replicating the defence of chiellini and bonucci it is a obvious flaw. par dimarco the fullback options don't really impress which is key for italy as they will have to make up for a lack of midfield creativity. than you consider the midfield jorginho is past his best verratti is out of the picture tonali is banned plus pellegrini is being used a attacking option there is a weakness. they also alluded to the attack you have a decade old problem in which italy have not had a top quality striker probably the last quality striker they had was di natale. scamaca is probably the best striking option at the moment it seems a lot of pressure to put down upon a young player who has just come back from a series of setbacks.

Italy has quality throughout the squad, the squad the only thing that is missing is a cynical striker, a number nine who scores goals.

@jlove8445

2 ай бұрын

I hope Chiesa is fit and they give Retegui another chance, only managed to get two touches and scored on both opportunities…

Sure they can go back to back champs just like back to back no World Cup . Watch it happen that would be hilarious

@fanboy7181

5 ай бұрын

There is no way they winning again

@andrewsadikin5226

5 ай бұрын

It’s a possibility, but very unlikely

@yoshiwoollyworld

5 ай бұрын

They did win the 1934 and 1938 wc

@fanboy7181

5 ай бұрын

@@yoshiwoollyworld this is different current Italy ain't doing it

yes we do have chance we are italia always a threat

Love Italy but I dont think its possible for them to win it back to back. Only Spain have managed to do that in history of euro with a super squad. This euro is likely between France and England, since no one else is that good at the moment

@fancyslimoshady

5 ай бұрын

Italy won back to back world cups though.

@TT-fq7pl

5 ай бұрын

Portugal? Spain? You have to factor in the tournament pressure. England doesn't manage it well when they have to play a top team. And the French are very moody.

@MrKaravaj

5 ай бұрын

Yes :)@@fancyslimoshady

@MrKaravaj

5 ай бұрын

Portugal have not performed well since euro 2016, I really dont get why people always put them at top. Spain yes I think they can go far, but still not favourites at the moment. What you said about England and France is true

@TT-fq7pl

5 ай бұрын

@@MrKaravaj I believe it's because Portugal is flying through qualifying. Plus, they always have really skilled players. I doubt they'll win, but I love the individual flair they always display.

Forza Italia

I wouldn’t be surprised. The favourites don’t always win these things.

@andrewsadikin5226

5 ай бұрын

Ummm Argentina won the WC2022

4-3-3 chiesa retegui orsolini pellegrini jorginho barella dimarco bastoni darmian di lorenzo donnarumma

Italy better hope they draw Belgium from Pot 1 as their seeded opponent when the draw is made. They'll get toasted and eliminated early if they end up with any of the other 5 seeded opponent groups. They're not beating Germany, France, England, Spain or Portugal.

@clarencegaultieri8293

5 ай бұрын

Germany hasn’t looked great either and even top 4 3rd place teams make it so even if they get Spain or Portugal So what

@deandoesstuff3371

5 ай бұрын

Belgium is much stronger than Germany at the moment.

@sprixies7320

5 ай бұрын

Never underestimate the Azzurri!

@yoshiwoollyworld

5 ай бұрын

Southgate will have england defend so italy can beat them

@Lifeskeyishappiness

5 ай бұрын

The fact that you can still get through in 3rd place makes it much easier to qualify for KOs. Uefa should revert back to 16 teams.

NISTE SPREMNI ❤‍🔥🔥🥇

As well as a well done steak

Bring Balotelli back.

lol... nah... their backline is older than stevie

No matter what, Italy have a huge disadvantage already. Who is their pot 1 team going to be, and then they'll have another one in the round of 16. Netherlands/Croatia in pot 3. They need to avoid a lot to get a fortunate draw. Secondly, Italy should be in the playoffs, but UEFA favoring richer teams. It's a sad fact.

Let Mario Balotelli back in the squad Spalletti coach please replace him with Immobile. Balo Chiesa and Shaarawy sound like a good 3 trio up top leading the team.

The 5 teams i think have the chance of winning are France has the highest chance winning 2nd would be germany just because of there home advantage 3rd Portugal 4th england 5th Netherlands

Just give France the trophy. Their head and shoulders above the rest. The standards of the European international teams at minute is embarrassing. Only teams that can challenge France are Portugal and England maybe.

Buhh

they should not be in the tournament my team has to go to the play offs thanks to ufea prioritising bigger teams over those who deserves it. a few days before the game ufea came out and said it would be a shame for Italy to miss out so why wouldnt it be a shame if ukraine missed out we been in 3 tournaments in a row and are currently at war and obviosuly have a better team as if var did their check we win 1-0. do not understand how the result was allowed to stand was clear and blatant error or cheating has to be one and with the stakes as high as they were the game should be replyed from the 92nd minute with ukraine having a penatly and if miss italy go throu or if score itally has 2-3 mins to equalise

france england or portugal will win it

RONALDO GOAT

@Username-mn7pc

5 ай бұрын

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No, they are useless

@sprixies7320

5 ай бұрын

Like England since 1966, also wash your mouth and shut it before you speak of the Azzurri 🇮🇹⭐⭐⭐⭐ never underestimate them 🤫🤫🤫🤫

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@toadette9673

5 ай бұрын

Wash your mouth and shut it before you speak of 🇮🇹⭐⭐⭐⭐🤫🤫🤫🤫

@sprixies7320

5 ай бұрын

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🚽🧻

The more i listen to Marcotti, the more he sounds like a jackass Keiran Trippier is class

@Epsilon04

5 ай бұрын

He's just very anti-English in general. Was slagging off the lionesses in the WWC, is always biased against English teams in the UCL( said that PSG were miles better than Newcastle a few weeks ago and that Newcastle just got lucky), moans about 3pm blackouts and other traditions over here to go with that. Ironic considering he lives in London.

@sprixies7320

5 ай бұрын

Lol and you England fans still hate us Italians for Wembley 2021 so the feelings are returned!

@Epsilon04

5 ай бұрын

@@sprixies7320 do we? Not sure we do, think there's some main character syndrome going on there. Don't hate anyone, we prefer to be better than people like Marcotti by not stooping to the level of generalising and hating people based on nationality.