On Wednesday, starting with 19:45, the friendly match Italy – Estonia will be played. The test confrontation will take place before the disputes in the League of Nations in which the two teams will be involved.
When we talk about the Italy-Estonia duel, we must first of all talk about the fact that the “Squadrei-Azzura” coach, Roberto Mancini, was found positive with the Covid-19 virus! Thus, he will not be on the bench in Italy in Wednesday’s match and, most likely, in the League of Nations disputes with Poland and Bosnia, on November 15 and 18. In this sense, it is still not clear who will lead Italy from the technical bench.
However, regardless of the name of the coach, one thing is certain: the hosts of this duel will not play with the best first 11. Looking over the group of players called (see below), we can see that in the Italian national team we will find more players beginners or quasi-beginners, the “heavy” names will be rested for the matches with Poland and Bosnia. Even in this context, it is most likely not possible to question the name of the team that will be imposed, but rather the difference in score. Therefore, we will choose to invest in the victory of the host, but we will limit for a more ambitious prognosis the total number of goals.
Porters: Sirigu, Donnarumma, Cragno, Meret;
Founded: Bonucci, Florenzi, Criscito, Romagnoli, Spinazzola, Acerbi, Biraghi, Palmieri, D’Ambrosio, Mancini, Di Lorenzo, Calabria, Pellegrini;
Intermediate: Jorginho, stretcher, Pellegrini, Cristante, Soriano, Gagliardini, Locatelli, Tonali, Castovilli, Pessina;
Forwards: Immobile, Insigne, Belotti, El Shaarawy, Bernardeschi, Chiesa, Kean, Berardi, lasagna, Grifo, Caputo, Orsolini, Pellegri.
Estonia, without victory in the previous 13 matches played;
“Squadra-Azzura”, without failure since September 2018 (0-1 in Portugal);
Italy comes after the draws with the Netherlands (1-1) and Poland (0-0).
PREDICTION: Over 3,5 goals @ 1,80
