The Italy National Football Team chasing the title defense!

The Italy national football team will try to defend the title at the upcoming Euro. There are high expectations from the Italy national football led by Luciano Spalletti from the bench after this national team missed the World Cup once again. How realistic it is for the Italy national football team to defend the title is a big question, but even at the previous Euro this national team was not among the main favorites and in the end it conquered Europe with a great victory against England at Wembley.

The Italy National Football Team in the group of death

The Italy national football team tied two consecutive World Cup participations, which is a truly devastating performance for this national team. Between the two missed World Cups, the Italy national football team won the Euro and now comes to Germany as the defending champions. At the last Euro, this national team was led from the bench by Roberto Mancini. After the crash in the playoffs for the World Cup, he started a new qualification cycle for the upcoming Euro, but after a few rounds he moved to Saudi Arabia.

In his place, another experienced expert, Luciano Spalletti, sat on the bench of the Italy national football team. Optimism that the Italy national football team could defend the title rests on the fact that this very coach brought the title to Napoli after many years. It will not be easy for the Italians at all because there are many challengers and according to the bookmakers, the Italy national football team is currently considered only the sixth favorite to win the title.

Spalletti has made a list that has a few surprises, such as the absence of the experienced Ciro Immobile, and he did not call the player of Juventus, Manuel Locatelli, who missed only one game in Serie A last season. It is particularly interesting that Nicolo Fagioli was on the list of the Italy national football team, who has been suspended since October due to his involvement in betting on matches.

Locatelli was not at all happy about not being on the passenger list for Germany and posted a black picture on Instagram that speaks volumes for his thoughts on Spalletti not inviting him. In Napoli, Spalletti had the opportunity to work with Matteo Politano, who was occasionally invited to the Italy national football team, but we will not see him in Germany.

Marco Verratti, who moved to Qatar, is no longer in the national team and has not received invitations to the Italian national team gatherings since then. We will not see Moise Kean and Federico Gatti from Juventus as well as Christian Biraghi from Fiorentina in Germany.

Without Milan players in the Italy national football team

A particularly devastating fact is that not a single Milan player will wear the jersey of the Italy national football team at the Euros in Germany. Almost all the players perform in Italy except the two goalkeepers Donnarumma and Vicario, who play for PSG and Tottenham, although it is clear that Donnarumma will be the first option at this Euro as well. Only Jorginho still performs outside of Italy. Nicolo Zaniolo, who plays for Aston Villa, would almost certainly be on the list, but his injury will prevent him from playing in Germany.

The defensive part of the team is dominated by the players of the champions of Serie A, Inter, as Acerbi, Bastoni, Darmian and Di Marco are on the list, and another player of this team will play a significant role in the midfield, namely Nicolo Barella. He is also the most expensive player of the Italy national football team.

As for the attacking part of the team, Gianluca Scamacca drew the most attention to himself this season, who provided great performances for Atalanta in Serie A and in the campaign to win the UEFA Europa League. He is the most effective of all the players on the list and he should be supported by Chiesa, Orsolini and Retegui. We already wrote before that a couple of months ago, Italy received the shocking news that Domenico Berardi will not be able to play at the Euros due to a serious injury. He was one of the key players for winning the title in 2020.

At first glance, the Italy national football does not look as bad as England, France, Germany or Portugal, but after the results they made at the previous Euro, no one should underestimate them. One of the challengers to win the title already at the start of the Euro will be placed with Italy in the group.

It is Spain and in Group B they will play with Italy and Croatia, so this group can comfortably be characterized as the group of death. With Albania, Italy shouldn’t have too many problems, but you should be careful, because in the past Italy knew how to make people happy, but also to disappoint the nation, as was the case with the absence of the last two World Cups.