Italy, -100 days European Championship: Count studies the solutions to the attack

On June 13, the Blues will make their debut in the tournament. We were a country of striker: not today. With Zaza and Pellè reserves, to follow even Okaka

In time not too far away the striker does not know where to put them. In the late nineties of the last century we had Bobo Vieri, Filippo Inzaghi and Vincenzo Montella, three bomber crazy at once.
Further back, to the 1982 World Cup, the c.t. Enzo Bearzot summoned Paolo Rossi, Ciccio Graziani and Alessandro Altobelli, and left home Roberto Pruzzo, scorer of the reference period of the championships.

Today Italy is likely to present the European Championship in France without a number nine authoritative and overbearing, as it must be for those who craft has the task of slamming the ball into the net. In the fall of 2014, the neo c.t. He had set up a "casting" (samples) for the role.

At first he focused on Ciro Immobile and Simone Zaza, and indeed it seemed that Zaza could be the right man: we put malice and unsheathed remarkable shots, to Ibra. Zaza has now become the fourth point of Juventus, Allegri grants cuts and scraps, and he favors aggression: the revenues from hard, to the limit of the regulation, are more frequent technical gestures, though his shot has solved the major challenge with Napoli.

You can go to the European Championship with a reserve of owner Juve into the path of the center? Difficult. Property is returned to Turin and despite the difficulties of the team seems alive and well, but in matches in blue with Conte has never impressed.
Just one goal in Bari against the Netherlands in the first of the blue c.t., and then darkness. In European key you can point fixed on a striker who has scored once in 12 appearances for the national team? The two "auditioned" by Conte top can aspire to place among the 23, but for the ownership serves.

MISSING - Where "missing" is going to disappeared. At one point Antonio Conte the striker had found. Graziano Pelle: high, mighty, strong head, towering, and as well as the c.t. Lecce, which is good.
 Too bad the moment it becomes unstable at Southampton in the Premier League, although Charlie Austin, who had blown the place into the path of the center of the Saints, has just injured and will be out for about a month. For Pellè, which in recent weeks had to settle for slugs, the great chance to take over the role and send out positive signals to Conte.

The c.t. in the meantime, he can console himself with Stefano Okaka, pillar attack Anderlecht in Belgium. The current c.t. caused him to play three friendlies and a remnant, the one against Albania, settled it to him in a few minutes. And if it were Okaka the solution? Why not, however, talking about a rookie almost here and there is dancing in a European.


SURPRISING - it can save something surprising. Gabbiadini? Is shaded by Higuain in Naples, it's hard to imagine how our first striker in France. Belotti? He stamps his feet with Building in Taurus and has zero international experience. Pavoletti Genoa? It has side's defense, stage presence, but has yet to get to the bottom of Conte. Right?
 Donadoni Bologna to put it back on track, however, will be in character and attitude exam: between 23 can enter, otherwise who knows. F that problem. Maybe you could opt for an internal solution, steal the idea to Roberto Mancini Wednesday in the Italian Cup against Juventus, Inter played with Eder first tip of a trident economy moving. After all abound external attackers and one as Eder can interact and communicate better with them. A Brazilian will save us? So we are reduced. The rest of the first all-Italian striker appears to be top scorer in Massimo Maccarone, 11 goals and nearly 37 years. The crisis rages role, Italy is no longer a country for striker.