Euro 2024, Croatia-Italy: the probable formations
Croatia-Italy, the probable formations
Anticipation is growing among Italian and Croatian fans for Monday night’s match (kickoff at 9 p.m.), which will pit Luciano Spalletti’s national team against the one led by Zlatko Dalic on the Red Bull arena pitch. Croatia è a customer that has always been uncomfortable for Italy (the Azzurri's only success dates back to 1942), which must at least draw to be sure of second place in Group B.
Mocked by Albania in 95'a few days ago (2-2 final score), Croatia is expected to change its offensive setup, with a striker (Kramaric) supported by two more "light" attacking players, Mario Pasalic and Sucic. Dalic will not give up Modric, although the veteran of a thousand battles has yet to light up the stage. The only unavailable è Vlasic, stopped by a muscle problem.
Italy, on the other hand, is aiming to put the bad game against Spain behind it, with some changes to the tactical set-up: Spalletti is expected to put his faith in Jorginho again, deploying him forò in front of the defense in an unprecedented 4-1-4-1. In attack chance for Retegui, with Scamacca who will start from the bench. There remains the doubt related to Dimarco’s condition: favored Darmian to start from the 1'.
Probable formations:
CROATIA (4-3-2-1):Livakovic; Stanisic, Sutalo, Erlic, Gvardiol; Kovacic, Modric, Brozovic; Mario Pasalic, Sucic; Kramaric. C.t. Dalic.
ITALY (4-1-4-1): Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Calafiori, Bastoni, Darmian; Jorginho; Cambiaso, Cristante, Barella, Chiesa; Retegui. Ct. Spalletti
