EURO 2016 - With four world titles each, Germany and Italy are the two giants of European football. La Squadra and the Mannschaft will compete for the 9th time in a final phase, the fifth knockout match. And the Germans are still waiting to win a ...
There is a constant in football: never underestimate Italy. If she had in France with a selection priori less rich in talent than usual, the Azzurri again proved its values by taking the lead in its group ahead of Belgium prior to punish (2-0) l Spain in the second round at the Stade de France. A sensational final match tactically, which confirmed the strength of the defense made in Juve (Chielinni, Bonucci, Barzagli) and excellence of Antonio Conte in his ability to galvanize his troops. the more active team of the Euro in terms of distance, Italy is presence chest out against Germany, the world champion title. A solid Mannschaft during the first phase and is seriously revving against Slovakia (3-0) side Lille. With young nuggets
(Draxler, Kimmich), Kroos in a Mario Gomez with state comfortable in his suit No. 9, Germany has found a real system. The Italians will they still raise the intensity a notch to put the rug a new big name on the continent.
Italy has totally limited the Spanish attack in the first 45 minutes in the second round and has shown itself capable of stitching on each cons. The Germans are accused.
The Italians have traveled 118km team block against Spain, the second highest total of Euro behind that of their opening match against Belgium (119km). The Azzurri shines with tactical rigor but also a shining example in the effort.
Germany had already been limited offensively by Poland in the group C (0-0) and will be very difficult to circumvent the Italian unit in the first period.
Buffon proved imperial since the start of the Euro and has not conceded a goal. Against Ireland (0-1 defeat) is Sirigu who was in goal.
We can expect a huge fight in the Gironde where Italians will operate as usual an incredible dry. If they emit a lot of confidence and have an interesting ability to trigger long shots to get out the opposing bloc, the Germans could well stumble a long time on this Nazionale totally transcended. Germany did not score in the first half.
