The Italian national football team is a formidable force at all major tournaments. At UEFA EURO 2016, the Italians will once again bring a fairly strong squad, but several of the leading players of Squadra Azzurra were not included in the final application.
Italy's head coach Antonio Conte had to re-examine many of the players in preparation for the 2016 UEFA European Football Championship final. The Italian National Championship allows observing almost all the candidates for the national team. By the way, as part of Italy, out of 23 people, only five perform outside their country.
According to experts, the main problem in the Italian national team is the absence of three main players in the center line. EURO midfielders and team leaders Claudio Marchisio, Marco Veratti and Ricardo Montolivo will not be recruited due to EURO injuries. Andrea Pirlo has not been called up.
The backbone of the Italian national team at UEFA EURO 2016 will be the players of Juventus Turin, which have won the Italian Serie A for five years in a row. Six footballers of the Turin grandee were included in the final application of the Italian national team for the European Championship.
At the gates of the four-time world champions, the great Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus). For almost twenty years, this goalkeeper has been defending the colors of the national team. In addition to GG, Salvatore Sirigu (PSG) and the goalkeeper from Rome Lazio Federico Marchetti were included in the squad.
In the Italian national team, traditionally, there are no special problems with defense. It is worth noting that at UEFA EURO 2016 this line of the team looks the most coherent and balanced. The trio of Juventus defenders Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini are likely to form the mainstay of the Italians' defense. In addition to them, two legionnaires from England were included: Matteo Darmian plays for Manchester United, and Angelo Ogbonna played for West Ham.. Another defender in the Italian national team is Mattia De Schiglio from Milan.
Despite the fact that Antonio Conte's team has huge losses in midfield, the coaching staff formed a replacement for injured players from worthy footballers. These include: the highly experienced Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), the French PSG legionary Thiago Motta, who impressed Conte while playing for Juventus Emmanuele Giaccherini (Bologna), two midfielders from the Roman Lazio: Antonio Candreva and Marco Parolo, as well as Stefano Sturaro, who spent a decent season at Juventus.
The Italians have seven players in attack. It is noteworthy that they all represent different clubs. English “Southampton” delegated to the national team Graziano Pele, from “Roma” Stefan El-Shaaravi got into the line-up, from “Juve” - Simone Zadza, from “Napoli” - Lorenzo Insigne. Most likely, these players have the greatest chances of getting into the main team. Also on the list are forwards Eder (Inter), Ciro Immobile (Torino), and Federico Bernardeschi (Fiorentina).
