{"id":641885,"date":"2024-06-24T03:00:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T07:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=641885"},"modified":"2024-06-23T16:01:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T20:01:45","slug":"italy-predicted-lineup-vs-croatia-for-june-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/06\/24\/italy-predicted-lineup-vs-croatia-for-june-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy Predicted Lineup vs Croatia for June 24"},"content":{"rendered":"

With one win and one loss in their EURO 2024 campaign so far, Italy require at least a point against Croatia in Leipzig on June 24 (KO 8 pm BST) to advance to the round of 16. After a hard-fought\u00a0<\/span>2-1<\/span><\/a>\u00a0win over Albania in their tournament opener, Luciano Spalletti’s side delivered a meek performance in a\u00a0<\/span>1-0 loss<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to Spain on Thursday evening, the narrow scoreline failing <\/span>to adequately display the superiority of the Iberians<\/span>. Here is your Italy-predicted lineup for the must-win clash with Croatia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Italy Predicted Lineup For Matchday 3 Showdown Vs Croatia<\/span><\/h2>\n

How Italy Have Lined Up Recently<\/span><\/h3>\n

Italy have named an unchanged lineup in both group games so far, playing in a 4-3-3 formation with captain Gianluigi Donnarumma in goal.<\/span><\/p>\n

The back four consists of Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Alessandro Bastoni, Riccardo Calafiori and Federico Dimarco.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span>Three Italy Players To Watch Out For At Euro 2024<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A midfield of Nicolo Barella, Jorginho and Davide Fratesi has been charged with supplying a frontline of Federico Chiesa, Gianluca Scamacca and Lorenzo Pelligrini.<\/span><\/p>\n

Italy Recent Form And Tactics<\/span><\/h3>\n

After an underwhelming qualifying campaign in which coach Spalletti experimented with several different formations ( Both four and three at the back) and only avoided the playoffs with a final-round draw against Ukraine, Italy beat Albania 2-1 in the opening game of EURO 2024, before being convincingly beaten by Luis De La Fuente’s Spain in the second game.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Top Five Greatest Games at the European Championships<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

They go into Monday’s clash with Croatia realistically needing a point to qualify for the round of 16 whilst the Balkans’ side requires a win, but expect drama and tension in a crucial game for both sides.<\/span><\/p>\n

Italy Injuries To Consider<\/span><\/h3>\n

There are no fresh injury concerns to report for the game against Croatia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Italy Predicted Lineup<\/span><\/h3>\n

GK: Gianluigi Donnarumma<\/span><\/p>\n

RB: Matteo Darmian<\/span><\/p>\n

RCB: Alessandro Bastoni<\/span><\/p>\n

LCB: Riccardo Calafiori<\/span><\/p>\n

LB: Federico Dimarco<\/span><\/p>\n

CM: Bryan Cristante<\/span><\/p>\n

CM: Jorginho<\/span><\/p>\n

CM: Nicolo Barella<\/span><\/p>\n

RW: Federico Chiesa<\/span><\/p>\n

ST: Mateo Retegui<\/span><\/p>\n

LW: Lorenzo Pellegrini<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With one win and one loss in their EURO 2024 campaign so far, Italy require at least a point against Croatia in Leipzig on June 24 (KO 8 pm BST) to advance to the round of 16. After a hard-fought\u00a02-1\u00a0win over Albania in their tournament opener, Luciano Spalletti’s side delivered a meek performance in a\u00a01-0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5004,"featured_media":641953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[31873,31848],"class_list":["post-641885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-football","tag-italy-predicted-lineup","tag-uefa-euro-2024"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}