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Italy manager Roberto Mancini hinted he would make changes - and he has delivered with eight from Wednesday's 3-0 win against Switzerland.
Paris St-Germain midfielder Marco Verratti is one of those who returns. Alessandro Bastoni replaces injured captain Giorgio Chiellini in central defence, with his centre-back partner Leonardo Bonnucci taking the armband. There are also recalls for Chelsea left-back Emerson Palmieri, right-back Rafael Toloi, midfielder Matteo Pessina and forwards Federico Chiesa, Federico Bernadeschi and Andrea Belotti. The only players who remain from the Switzerland victory are goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, Bonucci and midfielder Jorginho. Italy: Donnarumma; Toloi, Bonucci, Bastoni, Emerson; Jorginho, Verratti, Pessina; Bernardeschi, Chiesa, Belotti. | ||||||||||
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ITV and ITV4 for today's simultaneous matches
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At the moment, it is Group A and Group D that have the two poorest placed third place teams.
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It Italy win by any degree of comfort after all these changes then you have to fear for the rest
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Dont forget these new players are trying to impress Mancini ,so they wont be mucking about ,they all want to be in the normal starting eleven .
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Goals per game in the league season just finished
Italy keeping up with the three goals per game average ....... | ||||||||||
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Switzerland v Turkey on ITV4
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Llantwit Major AFC
@LlantwitMajorFC Apologies for the lack of updates on today's game. This is due to a technical issue (I'm out on the beers in Rome and don't know what the score was) | ||||||||||
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Italy will be wearing black armbands this evening in tribute to Giampiero Boniperti, their legendary former striker who died on Friday aged 92.
Boniperti scored eight goals in 38 games for the Azzurri. He spent his entire career at Juventus, where he was a team mate of John Charles, and was later club president. | ||||||||||
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May need those arm bands when Wales
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Simon Gleave, head of sports analysis, Gracenote: "Wales are almost certain of a place in the second round of Euro 2020 with our simulations estimating only a 0.6% chance of elimination.
"This can only happen by finishing third and NOT being one of the four best third place teams. "The chance that Wales will win the tournament is now 3.4%, up from 1.3% on the eve of the competition beginning. Wales have a 14% chance of victory against Italy and 34% chance of taking something from the match." | ||||||||||
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Can't see much from Turkey so Swiss should win that
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feel wales will take a point. goals flowing in switzerland v turkey match will influence what happens in rome.
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Perhaps the microphone on the players "singing" the national anthems wasn't such a good idea after all
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Early advantage to Italy based on those performances
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Go COMPARE
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will be keeping a close eye out for racism on this thread
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How ridiculous was that start? Kick off and then stop to take the knee. Italy should have carried on playing.
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Hopefully a good game. Who's our man on the ground for the Switzerland v Turkey game?
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3 mins and Wales still level. Promising start.
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/\ Beck - Loser!
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Let's see what you're made of Joe Rodon.
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To be fair to him sofa, he hasn't done a lot wrong in the tournament so far.
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Wales can't win this - no way !
Has no1 heard of Gladiator • Now We Are Free | ||||||||||
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Swiss 1-0
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Turkeys were dark horses apparently.
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Swiss will thump that lot ffs
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tipped by sonts i do believe
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any explain to me how this Welsh keeper is number 1, not saying he's not good but he hasn't played football in 4 years, don't even think he has a club, how did he get picked
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Turkey have been something else this competition
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That weren't far away
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Chicken?
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I don't know but I'd imagine they have more than 3 Welsh keepers playing out there
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