Belgium are on paper one of the best squads present in Euro 2016. But football is certainly not played on paper ad the Belgians form is unpredictable.Marc Wilmots is likely to pick a 4-2-3-1 formation that he has used for the most part of his tenure but his team is expected to be slightly different atleast in midfield. Wilmots has a wealth of options and hes likely to pick Axel witsel and Roma's Radja Nainggolan who his opposite number Antonio conte badly wants to sign for chelsea when he takes over next season.In front of witsel and Nainggolan they have a wealth of attacking talent in Eden Hazard their captain who won the premier league player of the year award one year ago but looked indifferent this season for chelsea. But he seemed to find some form towards the end of the season which wilmots will hope he will carry it forward for the euros. Alongside hazard will be Kevin debruyne who had a fantastic season since his 55 million pound move last year. It remains to be seen whether wilmots will deploy mertens or the young yannick ferreira carrasco who lit up the san siro with a goal in champions league final recently. In defense Belgium has established players in Toby Alderweireld who had a solid season with spurs and barcelona's Thomas Vermaelen and another spurs player Jan Vertonghen. All in all the belgians look solid but their form has been dwindling in the run up to the Euro's and so many times they have been named the dark horses recently but have not lived up to expectations and something tells me this tournament will not be different for them despite the talent they have.
Outgoing coach of Italy Antonio conte is expected to field a 3-5-2 formation crowding the midfield to stop the passing game of Belgium and will look to counter attack. Italy have established and experienced defenders in Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci and Andrea Barzagli all of whom play for Juventus along with the all conquering Gian Luigi Buffon. This will mean they will have a far better understanding and can effectively stop the opposition. Roma hardman Daniele derossi is expected to line up in midfield along with Thiago Motta and Alessandro Florenzi. They are midfielders who any team would like to have but are now on the wrong side of thirty and may find it find it difficult to come up against the pacy belgians. But the italians base their game plan on tactics and darmian and candreva are expected to play either side of the midfield 3 to defend when needed and contribute actively in attack from the flanks. Southampton target man Graziano Pelle will live the dream as Italy's main striker and i suspect Napolis insigne will be preferred alongside him. On paper teams are evenly matched but conte has more experience of coaching huge clubs in europe and i think he will out fox wilmots and Italy may come out on top in a low scoring game
Prediction 2-1
Outgoing coach of Italy Antonio conte is expected to field a 3-5-2 formation crowding the midfield to stop the passing game of Belgium and will look to counter attack. Italy have established and experienced defenders in Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci and Andrea Barzagli all of whom play for Juventus along with the all conquering Gian Luigi Buffon. This will mean they will have a far better understanding and can effectively stop the opposition. Roma hardman Daniele derossi is expected to line up in midfield along with Thiago Motta and Alessandro Florenzi. They are midfielders who any team would like to have but are now on the wrong side of thirty and may find it find it difficult to come up against the pacy belgians. But the italians base their game plan on tactics and darmian and candreva are expected to play either side of the midfield 3 to defend when needed and contribute actively in attack from the flanks. Southampton target man Graziano Pelle will live the dream as Italy's main striker and i suspect Napolis insigne will be preferred alongside him. On paper teams are evenly matched but conte has more experience of coaching huge clubs in europe and i think he will out fox wilmots and Italy may come out on top in a low scoring game
Prediction 2-1
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