The last match between the national teams of Ukraine and Italy turned out to be informative, despite the friendly status. High speeds, tense wrestling, plenty of moments, unexpected scenario. Thanks to such games, viewers enjoy, coaches - a lot of information about the players called, but the players themselves can also make something useful.. For example, Ruslan Malinovsky with his debut goal for the national team or Burda and Matvienko.
Our view of the game is generally understandable.. The team with not the most convincing football snatched the same draw. A pleasant result, considering the statistics of meetings with Italy. What does the opposite side think about the match? Another point of view is always curious.. We are armed with fresh Italian newspapers - and more.
Lost victory “Dov’e la vittoria?”, “Where is the victory?” - “La Stampa” rhetorically asks its readers, one of the most popular political newspapers in Italy, making reference to the line of the Italian hymn. The results of the "national", to put it mildly, do not please her fans: only one victory in ten matches.
Team weakness is one of the reasons for low excitement. The very “La Stampa” placed on the front page only a small announcement, the report of the match is on page 34. It is more indicative that the fans vote with their feet: only 12 thousand spectators came to the stadium in Genoa with a capacity of 36 thousand.
Specialized "La Gazzetta dello Sport" (going out, we recall every day) devoted four bands to the match. Everything is as it should be: a detailed report, a lot of tactics and statistics, mandatory ratings for each player in both teams. "Damn it, what kind of Italy is real?". Match review begins with this emotional phrase..
The first half or, more precisely, the first 60 minutes in the performance of the Azzurra Squadra, have received the highest press ratings. Undoubtedly, it was the strongest segment under Roberto Mancini. The game contrasted sharply with what the Italians showed in previous matches with Poland and Portugal.. The final statistics is clearly in favor of the Italians: strikes on the target - 9: 6, strikes by - 7: 3, corner - 15: 3! The more offensive for the hosts was to miss the victory in the second half, and even with the sharp drop in the quality of the game, from "the best hour since Conte time" to "bad copy in the final half hour".
The composition and manner of the game "Gadzetta" traditionally identifies three key thoughts on the basis of the match. The first of these is devoted to the atmosphere: in the 43rd minute the game was suspended in memory of the victims of the collapse of the bridge in Genoa. As a contrast - the condemnation of the behavior of local fans, who habitually chanted “merda!” During shots from the gates of the Ukrainian team. You probably heard it in the broadcast.
The second thought is Mancini’s tactical experiments, in particular, the attacking trio without a pronounced “nine”. In the Italian media, there is inconsistency: most of them (for example, “Corriere dello Sport” and “Tuttosport”) criticized the head coach, putting him at a low 5.5 points. “Gadzetta”, by contrast, considers this match a glimmer of hope, appreciating Mancini’s work at 6.5. "We could have scored three or four goals.. A moving trident in front, when Chiesa is aimed at the gate, Bernardeschi is looking for an opportunity to strike, and Insigne is always in the game, deserves a check against more serious opponents ".
We add that Insigne still put in the center of the attack. He played ambiguously: one thing, like in Napoli (where 4-4-2 are now used), to act in a pair of forwards, and quite another - “national teams” 4-3-3, where Lorenzo is more tied to the center. Nevertheless, Insigne played more convincingly than the substitute "profile" center forward Immobile, which is currently the most criticized player of the Italian national team.. Great hopes are placed on Chiro, but he doesn’t even show the Lazio sample game. The point is both in a different pressure mode and in various tactics: the Latsiali use the 3-5-1-1 scheme and prefer counter attacks, for the national team the Immobile has no space where it can accelerate.
The third thought of "Gadzetta" is devoted to the abundance of young players in the composition of the "national": Barella, Bernardeschi, Berardi, Pellegrini. Central midfielder Niccolo Barella, the debutant of the national team and the hope of Cagliari, was awarded quite high marks for courage and activity.
Player of the match - no doubt, Federico Bernardeschi. That's who great tuned in for the match. "Too sparkling," - wrote about him captious correspondent "La Stampa", advising Feda to somewhat reduce the number of tricks. “Gadzetta”, in turn, focuses on the progress: the first year of Bernardeschi in Juventus went on adaptation, now, next to Ronaldo, the player has grown technically. "The ball scored thanks to the polite cooperation with the Ukrainian goalkeeper Pyatov" - a nice turn from the Italian journalist Alessandra Bocci. If Federico continues in the same vein, then talk about retraining from “aly” to “medzalu” will disappear.
What is written about the Ukrainian team?.
Not so much, the emphasis is traditionally on its. Striking respectful attitude to Andriy Shevchenko. "Team Sheva" - a frequently occurring turnover. There is an understanding that for our team the upcoming match with the Czech Republic is more important.. Of the players, of course, Malinovsky is distinguished, and also the Linnet active in the first half. They also write about Pyatov's game - they say, he helped out in the first half, but spoiled the impression with a resultant error. Our goalkeeper "Gadzetta" identified the worst players in the Ukrainian team. Actually, the assessment:.
Pyatov - 5.5, Karavayev - 6, Burda - 6.5, Rakitsky - 6, Matvienko - 5.5, Sidorchuk - 5.5, Zinchenko - 5.5, Malinovsky - 7, Marlos - 6.5, Linnet - 6, Yaremchuk - 5.5, Tsygankov - 6, Stepanenko - 6, Petryak - 6; Andrey Shevchenko - 6.5 Let's give a few descriptions. Malinovsky: "Showed a clean and quiet ball game". Marlos: "His personal initiative - 40-meter walk on the right flank and attempts to expand the game to the left". Sidorchuk: “I was in front of the defense and solved mostly defensive tasks, the pass game was quite scholatical” (cut off from life - note. Yaremchuk: "He was caught between Bonucci and Chiellini, the hardest evening".
From our bell tower, we note that the national team was strengthened by replacements, especially Stepanenko’s exit, which brought order to the center of the field.. Marlos with all his visibility really played some kind of his own football, with Tsygankov it turned out sharper. Ukraine managed to add in the second half and could even snatch victory - which, frankly, would be an unfair outcome of the meeting, given the moments of the Italians before the break. Now both ours and Scuadre Azzurre are facing important matches of the League of Nations with the Czech Republic and Poland, respectively..