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Euro 2008 Pre-match Analysis: Italy vs Romania Live Online

June 12, 2008

European Championships, Group C
Teams: Italy (4th, 0pts) vs Romania (3rd, 1pt)
Date & Time: Friday 13 June 2008, 17:00 CET
Venue: Letzigrund Stadion, Zürich

Win or Go Home For Italy

Italy will come into this match knowing that they must win if they stand a chance for qualifying to the knockout stages of Euro 2008.
With Coach Roberto Donadoni coming under heavy scrutiny from both players and the Italian football federation, it is imperative that the world champions and one of the tournament’s favorites win on Friday. Veteran striker Alessandro Del Piero has been named as captain and will be hoping he can turn things around for the Azzurri who will be short on confidence following their thrashing by Holland.

Romania Hoping to Surprise the World Champions

When the Group C draw was made, Romania were almost immediately discarded as free points for everyone, with Italy, France and Holland expected to fight it out for the two qualification places. But such is the game of football; with their draw against the French, the Romanians shocked the world and may well think they can do one better against the world champions who looked a bit in disarray on Monday.

A Look at the teams

Italy

Roberto Donadoni will certainly make tactical changes for this game. Marco Materazzi and Andrea Barzagli are both set to be dropped, with Giorgio Chiellini and Fabio Grosso coming in to form a make shift defensive unit. Daniele De Rossi will certainly start in midfield, as will new captain Alex Del Piero up-front.

Possible Starting XI: Buffon; Zambrotta, Panucci, Chiellini, Grosso; De Rossi, Pirlo, Ambrosini; Camoranesi, Toni, Del Piero

Romania

Romania will play the same disciplined system they employed successfully against beaten world cup 2006 finalist, France. Ciprian Marica will recover from a head injury but will probably be on the bench, with Daniel Niculae given the knod. Christian Chivu will again play in centre midfield following his outstanding performance on Monday. Chivu’s role in the game will be a determing factor in the Romanians game plan

Possible Starting XI: Lobont; Contra, Tamas, Goian, Rat; Nicolita, Codrea, Chivu, Dica; D Niculae, Mutu

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Italy – Alessandro Del Piero: Restored to the Italy line-up after impressing as a substitute against the Dutch, for the first time possibly in his international career, Italy will rely on Del Piero to do for them what he did for Jeuventus. The 33-year-old has just had his best season in a decade, finishing top-scorer in Serie A, and will surely be high in confidence. With the captains arm band on, Del Piero should lead from the front.

Romania – Christian Chivu: The Inter Milan defender was colossal figure against France in their opener. He was authoritative and showed his intelligence class in an unfamiliar central midfield position. He will be expected to battle in midfield against the likes of Pirlo and Gattuso.

PREDICTION

Romania will be playing for a draw and will look to punish the Italians on the counter, as their vulnerability on the counter was highlighted on Monday by the Dutch. The Italians must be patient and should not be over eager to finish the game in the first half. However, the Romanians have not shown that they are attackingly threatening and even though the world champions are featuring a make shift defensive unit, I can’t see the Romanians breaking them down but surprises happen.

Italy 1-0 Romania

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