Re: Serie A Thread - 2008/2009 Season
soon after the match Carlo Paris (you are italian so you know him
) asked Lippi if he will join some youngs, and Lippi escaped away, as a thief -_-"
yeah, but afterall he had to justify his choices and defend his project.. otherwise he should have admitted his faults (wich would have compromised his position as italy's coach).
however he's already starting to react to the criticizes. take a look at here
http://www.corrieredellosport.it/Notizie/Calcio/72583/Lippi%3A+%C2%ABIl+momento+pi%C3%B9+brutto+da+Ct%C2%BB
for non italian speakers, he's basically saying "
i never said theese players are the ones who will play the world cup next year. this confederation cup was just a test, the first step of a process. and it gave me an idea of the things i'll have to do in the next year."
Dominic said:
Anyway how would your italy side look right now, with the current crop?
that's the team i would have brought in southafrica for this confederations cup. the players into () are the backups.
--------------------------------gila
------------------------------(iaquinta)
-------------------cassano----------------------foggia
----------------(quagliarella)-----------------(rossi)
-------------palombo----------------------------------de rossi
-----------(marchisio)---------pirlo-----------------(ambrosini)
----------------------------(d'agostino)
grosso--------------------------------------------------------------motta
(balzaretti)-------------------------------------------------------(santon)
----------------------chiellini---------ferrari
---------------------(barzagli)-------(gamberini)
--------------------------------buffon
-------------------------------(amelia)
no toni, as he honestly didn't deserve the call this season (i'd rather call pazzini or floccari right now)
no gattuso, coz he just recovered from a long injury (and his performances proved me right).
no montolivo, as he didn't really deserve the call either... and since there are plenty of other options....
no zambrotta, because motta has been simply outstanding this season. marco is young and this confederation cup would have been the perfect chance to blend him into the team
no dossena..... need to explain why?
however this team too would have been some sort of a first step of a transition phase, as there are many other players who might well get into the team next season like balotelli, pazzini, giovinco, cigarini, marco rossi, pepe, nocerino, dessena, maggio, de ceglie, criscito, pisano, bocchetti, santacroce...
some of them might already be national team material (like maggio, who would have been in my formation if he wouldn't have been injured, or criscito who had a great season or like nocerino and pepe, who had a very good season too.
then there are the kids who will probably become part of this team next season (balotelli, santacroce) and those who will probably join in 2 years (bocchetti, criscito, de ceglie, marco rossi, giovinco, bocchetti, cigarini).
and let's not forget aquilani. he's an outsider at the moment, coz this season he almost didn't play, coz of his injuries.... but a fit aquilani would be a starter right away.
so it's pretty much impossible to tell how the team will look in 1 year... too many question marks... sure we have an unbelievable amount of options for every role (except the defence), so we'll have to see who will step up, and who will have a disappointing season next year.... who knows, maybe montolivo will eventually meet the expectations and deserve the callup for next year.
however the most important thing is not the players. it's the mentality. the guys must move the possession ball as much as they can to protect our defensive line (and, with any of those players i mentioned above, i can already see this happening).
and most important, we must accept the fact that it will take 4 years to turn this experimental young team into a world class team.... wich means no high expectations for next season's world cup... neither for the following euro championship.
i remember ribery did the same thing with bayern 1 season ago (it was against werder if i remember well).
So we have a clearer view.
).
But the way he's carrying on, there won't be many left standing in his corner. It can't have been easy for Balotelli growing up, a black kid in sicily, himself and everyone knowing he was adopted, surely his stuborness and shitty attitude developed as a result of taunting and insults from his school mates when he was younger. I'm not condoning his behavior but I can understand it.
. And now he's refusing to call up Cassano 
