Spain - Italy Pre-Match Thread

Way to early edition

Possible lineups

Spain: De Gea ,Carvajal, Ramos, Pique, Alba, Busquets, Iniesta, Silva, Isco, Villa(???), Pedro

Italy: Buffon, Darmian, Chiellini, Bonucci, Spinazzola, Pellegrini, De Rossi, Verratti, Insigne, Immobile, Belotti

Who will win today? Post predicitons

Other urls found in this thread:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification#Tiebreakers
twitter.com/NSFWRedditVideo

MLS is a big league now, get over it

It is indeed , but Villa? Come on, they must have someone better and younger than him.

SPAIN


BASED VILLA

>35 years old FW

Where's Costa ffs...

"Oh no, what? Khedira had an injury? Goddamn that's unfortunate"

"Oh God, now Chiellini too? And he'll miss both NT matches? Why does this keep happening?"

FRATELLI D'ITALIA
L'ITALIA S'È DESTA

I hope Belotti will have a good game tonight. I really like the fella.

Villa will score, it's too obivious

Why the fuck would Villa play in their hardest fixture when Morata is finally starting and scoring?

Yeah , twice. It will be a duel between old men , Gigi and Villa

Idk , it's just the possible lineup.

>no Asensio

>overrated cuck

we are gonna get humiliated so hard lmao

Sincerely, I hope you'll win this one.

Where the fuck is big game morata?

Is this /seriea/?

BB(noC) Will destroy Morata Boipucci

I hope Rugani don't choke this game

no. nice tackle, btw.

Chiellini isn't playing?

Reminder he got the ball

Nope, Knee injury

So, Barzagli is the only logical option then.

I BELIEVE

hi
bi
keeeeeeeeeee

Probable Defence formation:Darmian, Barzagli, Bonucci, Spinazzola

>mfw no De Sciglio

Is he still injured too or he'll be on the bench?

If shitaly lose by 3 or more goals then N.Ireland will go into second in the runner up thing which is really cool. I hope Italy loses by alot therefore

Fuck me, cut the "still"

>I hope Italy loses by alot therefore
You misspelled England

I hope england lsoe every game by alot too but I kinda want them to crash out of the tournament because Gareth Southgate is their manager

>loses by alot therefore
You have just described last 50 years of your national football team

No Conti at RB?

Also why isn't Gagliardini in the squad over faggots like Montolivo?

how many bongs left

5 bongs and 25 bings

Darmian Is way better than Gondi

Villa is in form, and is very experienced.

What about the midfield? Seems a bit off with De Rossi in there.

That's debatable to begin with, but Darmian doesn't even play at United.

Don't even know these Italian guys - what the heck?

Have Spain been playing 4-3-1-2? What formation do Italy play?

What do you guys think about doing away with qualifying groups and teams qualifying for a tournament through position on a ladder with perhaps a play-off at the end for some of the teams? That way we only have blue-chip international games throughout the season.

t. Milan customer

Just won 4 games in a row for the first time in our history last night

In Brazil getting fat

What happens if 2-2?

Does Italy get 1'st spot because of head to head on away goals or Spain stay 1'st because of goals?

Those line ups are gonna inaccurate

They're from a shitty website apparently.

De Gay
Carvajal-Ramos-Pique-J.Alba
Thiago-Busquets
Asensio-Isco-Silva
Villa
Iniesta shouldn't be a starter and Villa is clutch af with the NT. This would be the ideal line up

If 2-2 (and any X-X) then Spain still stands in 1st position.
Points>Goal difference (group)>Goals scored>Points between tied teams>Goal difference between tied teams>Goals scored between tied teams>...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification#Tiebreakers

I thought he was injured desu. He's probably going to play in bigger matches because he's faster than Blind but Blind is better in the smaller matches because his passing is far better

>Carvajal
I hate that overrated prick so much.

t. never watched a single halal game

Don't get me wrong. But he's like Casemiro, almost never gets sent off when he deserves it the most and that alone makes it frustrating to watch.

What time?

Throwing a tantrum and getting fatter than your average American

19:45 BST

Why is he throwing a tantrum? Conte won't play him and he's too shit to get called for NT?

He wants to leave Chelsea and go to Atletico Madrid, but Atletico aren't offering enough money for him so Chelsea aren't selling him. Also this is in spite of the fact that Atletico still have a transfer ban. So what he really wants is to have a 5-month vacation.

>5 month vacation

So that's why he's getting fat.

villa's still alive?
shit

How do you like the attention, eh, gypsy? Jesus

Just go back to your usual strawberry picking, Iker.

Actually been playing pretty well too. Granted, it's in MLS, but still.

Asensio is starting

*Blocks your path*

Just ignore Chiellini.

FORZA ITALIA!

I wait 2x0. Verratti and Insigne.

Both headers.

both with ramos defending them

>no Balotelli
>no win

Simple.

>tf
>tp
like pottery

se saltelli muore balotelli

I thought of Pique because he's a bit taller but Ramos fits the role too.

Insigne is going to carry us hard

confirmed: de gay; carvajal pikek ramos alba; buskek iniesta kokek; isco asensio silva

>rating le dribbly drobbly scugnizz manlet this high
I'm going to lose count of every misplaced pass or blocked shot from him tonight

>buskek iniesta kokek
Shieeet.Why doesn't he play fucking Thiago.

This line-up is world class but it doesn't have enough pace.

kek

Snail midfielders. Verratti manlet is going to boss them around.

>pace

>Busquet, 80 year old iniesta, koke
>Isco, Silva, Ascensio

Italy might literally pull this off
Lel

we'll see

>isco asensio silva
So asensio as the main striker? Can he play there? I always thought of him more as a winger/attacking mid.

Don't need pace if you're never going to lose the ball.

>match is in Santiago Bernabeu

Asensio as striker or Silva as false nine

>false nine

>never lose the ball

PSG manlet blocks your path

Honestly forgot Verratti was Italian, for some reason I thought he was from Argentina. Probably the combination of short+italian name.

it was a prediction my chad friend

>pace

injured

Well, there is Insigne too.

More chances for Italy, I guess.

Italy's anthem is glorious, my dear deutscher Freund

Spagna: De Gea; Carvajal, Ramos, Piquè, Alba; Koke, Busquets, Iniesta; Isco, Asensio, Silva.

Italia: Buffon; Darmian, Barzagli, Bonucci, Spinazzola; De Rossi, Verratti; Candreva, Belotti, Immobile, Insigne.

>there are mongs in this thread right now who actually think the transfer market is 'crazy'

>de rossi
>overratti
>candreva
>immobilel
just fuck my shit up

>your whole team
just fuck your shit up

>its the mongposter

Only De Rossi and Candreva are bad.

Catalan here, what happens if we lose the match? Do we need to win to go to the world cup?
What of italy? Are they in it already?

>flag
LMAO

>t. mong

What's the point of having a false nine if you say it publicly?
Like, won't the other team know that your nine is false?