Ireland today and Spain on Monday. Tonight Conte's national team returns to the field with a large turnover but the eyes and thoughts of all the Azzurri are already at next Monday's big match in the round of 2 against Morata's Spain, surprisingly defeated yesterday by Croatia 1-XNUMX.
Italy has already secured first place in group E and therefore the coach Antonio Conte, tonight against Ireland, it will change 9 out of 11 players compared to the owners of the match against Sweden. First of all, the cautioned players will rest, or at least five out of six of them, considering that Thiago Motta has so far only put together a handful of minutes between Belgium and Sweden, always in place of De Rossi.
Conte could even change the game system to adapt the team to new faces, putting the 3-5-2 for the 4-2-4 in the attic. Profound changes, therefore, starting with the goalkeeper. Buffon, who played with a fever against Sweden and is also distrusted, will leave room for Sirigu. And the back four could be made up of Darmian and De Sciglio on the wings and Ogbonna in the centre with only one from the black and white wall: more Barzagli than the cautioned Bonucci and Chiellini, even if it will be necessary to verify the conditions of the Tuscan defender who is 35 years old and would be in his third consecutive game.
Thiago Motta will lead the game in midfield in the company of Sturaro who made his debut in the last minutes against Sweden. On the bands the candidates are Bernardeschi and El Shaarawy, still at zero minutes, with the task of attacking depth and at the same time falling back to give balance to the national team. The attack is done and is unedited for the Europeans: Zaza-Immobile, the same players who played in the last friendly against Finland, including those with whom Conte began his career as coach two years ago in Bari against the Netherlands. Good luck, blues.
