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Del Piero joins Azzurri trident
Saturday 8 July, 2006
Alessandro Del Piero is set to be the Azzurri’s secret weapon against France in a wide midfield role for the World Cup Final.
In the last training session before Sunday’s showdown in Berlin, Coach Marcello Lippi fielded Francesco Totti behind lone striker Luca Toni, but introduced the Juventus star in a staggered trident.
Del Piero is not new to playing in this wide role on the left, which would allow Italy to play with a more attacking bent to the classic 4-4-1-1 system.
Lippi split the squad into two for the traditional game between ranks, leaving the first choice defence (Fabio Grosso, Fabio Cannavaro, Marco Materazzi, Gianluca Zambrotta) on one side and the favoured attack (Del Piero, Totti and Toni) on the other. Del Piero’s line-up won 3-1 and Lippi constantly asked his men to pass the ball around quickly with one-touch football.
There were rumours last night that Daniele De Rossi would replace Mauro Camoranesi after the expiration of his four-match ban, but this is increasingly unlikely.
The Azzurri will fly out to Berlin this evening, as the Olympiastadion is out of bounds due to heavy rainfall in the city. It’s hoped they’ll at least be able to test the turf to choose which studs are best suited to the conditions at around midday on Sunday. Kick-off for the World Cup Final is 8pm local time, 7pm in the UK.
“The atmosphere is very relaxed,” assured chief of medical staff Enrico Castellacci. “The players are taking the lead-up the same way as all the other games in this tournament. Clearly they know this is a very special encounter that could give them the trophy, but this particular type of tension can only do them good. They’re doing the usual things: reading, playing ping-pong, watching television or just chatting.”
Sounds good to me. Italy probable:
Buffon
Zambrotta - Cannavaro - Materazzi - Grosso
Camoranesi/Perrotta - Pirlo - Gattuso
Totti - Del Piero
Toni
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No, Lippi confirmed it'll be the same eleven
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