Riccardo Montolivo is set to start against Bulgaria this evening, as Marcello Lippi promises “some surprises.”
Italy are without Gianluigi Buffon, Mauro Camoranesi and Andrea Pirlo for the trip to Sofia, while Lippi did not call up Alessandro Del Piero, Antonio Cassano or Andrea Barzagli.
“If Bulgaria feel more confident because of our absences, then that doesn’t disappoint me. They could have a few surprises,” smirked the Coach.
Lippi does seem set to make sweeping changes to his line-up at the Levski Stadium, as Fiorentina duo Montolivo and Alberto Gilardino break into the side.
Gilardino coming in for Luca Toni was already in the air over the last few days, but this morning’s training session provided another clue with Montolivo replacing Simone Perrotta in the 4-3-3 system.
里卡多蒙托利沃今晚被放在对阵保加利亚的意大利主力阵容中,正如马塞洛里皮所说的“惊喜”。
意大利本场比赛失去了布冯,卡莫和皮尔洛,同时里皮还放弃了皮耶罗,卡萨诺和巴尔扎利。
“如果保加利亚因为我们的阵容不整而高兴,我不会感到失望,因为我会带给大家惊喜!”里皮狡黠的一笑...
里皮看起来将会在列夫斯基球场做出大面积轮换,而佛罗伦萨双响炮蒙托利沃和吉拉迪诺将出现在首发整容中。
在几天前吉拉替换托尼的消息就已经浮出水面,而早上的训练会上则有迹象表明蒙托利沃将取代佩罗塔在433里占据一席之地.
双方首发:
Bulgaria: 1 Ivankov; 2 Milanov, 5 Tuncev, 6 Iliev, 3 Wagner; 7 Gheorghiev, 8 Stilian Petrov, 4 Dimitrov; 7 Lazarov, 9 Berbatov, 10 Martin Petrov
Bulgaria bench: 12 Petkov, 13 Kotev, 14 Venkov, 15 Ivanov, 16 Manolev, 17 Ghencev, 18 Rangelov
Italy: 1 Amelia, 2 Zambrotta, 5 Cannavaro, 6 Chiellini, 3 Dossena, 4 Gattuso, 10 De Rossi, 8 Montolivo, 7 Pepe, 9 Gilardino, 11 Di Natale
Italy bench: 12 De Sanctis, 13 Bonera, 14 Gamberini, 15 Aquilani, 16 Perrotta, 17 Rossi, 18 Toni |