adminROME. — Italy go to the World Cup soccer finals looking to equal the record of hosts Brazil and lift the trophy for a fifth time.
Coach Cesare Prandelli is spoiled for top quality choice and knows his players have the technical ability. The questions are over Italy’s temperament on the world stage.
Italy comfortably topped their qualifying group but Prandelli’s experiments searching for an attacking game led to a mish-mash of performances and much criticism. With the first Group D game against England and tricky encounters with Uruguay and Costa Rica to follow, Prandelli still has tough decisions to make.
He kept Giuseppe Rossi in the 30-man squad named on Tuesday even though he is still recovering from a four month lay-off. And Prandelli put off choosing between rival strikers Ciro Immobile, the Serie A’s leading scorer, and Mattia Destro, naming them both in the squad that will start a 10-day training camp next week. — AFP.
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