Abeatice wrote:
Interista93 wrote:
Technically, the starting XI was most frequently lined-up approximately like this:
GK Masci
RB Buzzegoli
LB Pastori
DMF Dagianti
DMF Benedetti
DMF Jacovazzo
AMF/SS Vaschetto
AMF/SS Tori
RWF Merlin
LWF Onorato
CF Piccinini
I thought, given this formation that Buzzegoli had the number 2 and Benedetti the 5. Correct
It's true but as I said, that was only the hypothetical line-up because back then the players had to be registered with numbers from 1 to 11. Even newspapers used to write a similar formation because they automatically respected the numbers in the field, so Piccinini looked like a centre forward.
In reality, the team played with the second line-up I mentioned in my first post. It makes more sense to have the sweeper as n°5 because the two centre backs were always n° 2 and 3. I believe that in a formation with two defenders and no sweeper, Buzzegoli may have played as right back with the n°2 or between the two wing-halves wearing the n°5. Instead Benedetti was moved to the right defender position.