Rustenburg – Italy coach Marcello Lippi says he will change the formation and composition of the team for the sake of defending their title at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa later.
As defending champion, "Azzurri" get the glare ahead of World Cup finals. Highlights are due to disappointing results in action of Fabio Cannavaro and friend in friendship matches. The Marcello Lippi team are not even win in three friendly matches. They are two draw result against Cameroon (0-0) and Switzerland (1-1) and lost to Mexico (1-2).
Seeing those results, Lippi can not dodge that the team has not found the ideal formation. Therefore, Lippi said his team was still possible to make over their formation.
"I’ve talked to some players. There is no fixed formation. We tried two or three formations and will select the most appropriate. Of course the ability to consider playing and the model is relative," he explained.
"You can say wewill be playing in Geneva later on Saturday using a 4-3-3 formation, but that our formation. Italy in the World Cup will be different. We will find a formula and we will be in the World Cup as a protagonist," he added
Chilavert : Italian Squad is too Old
Meanwhile, the legendary Paraguayan goalkeeper Jose Luis Chilavert, assessing the world champions Italy will not be able to do much in the upcoming World Cup because the squad was too old and have passed its heyday.
Italy and Paraguay will meet at the party opening Group F, June 14 next. As defending champion, "GLI Azzurri" of course is more favored. However, that did not apply to Chilavert. He believes the velocities of young players of Paraguay will finish off the Italian squad.
"I believe that Paraguay has all the ability to beat Italy. Italy has become a very old team. They’re tired and never look in the mirror at themselves. For this reason I think that Paraguay is a favorite, to prove they can win in one of the crucial match in Group F, "said Chilavert told Jovem Pan.
Paraguay had become one of the black horse at the World Cup this time. In qualifying, Roque Santa Cruz and his friends could finish in third place under the Brazil and Chile. They only lost one point from "Samba" team at the top. This achievement completed with with winning records over Argentina and Brazil in their barn.
If qualify as group winners, Paraguay is likely to meet Danish or Cameroon in the round of big 16.
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