MANAGER: Enzo BEARZOT


GOALKEEPERS:

1 Dino ZOFF ©
12 Paolo CONTI
22 Ivano BORDON

DEFENDERS:

2 Mauro BELLUGI
3 Antonio CABRINI
4 Antonello CUCCUREDDU
5 Claudio GENTILE
6 Aldo MALDERA
7 Lionello MANFREDONIA
8 Gaetano SCIREA

MIDFIELDERS:

9 Giancarlo ANTOGNONI
10 Romeo BENETTI
11 Eraldo PECCI
13 Patrizio SALA
14 Marco TARDELLI
15 Renato ZACCARELLI
16 Franco CAUSIO
17 Claudio SALA

FORWARDS:

18 Roberto BETTEGA
19 Francesco GRAZIANI
20 Paolo PULICI
21 Paolo ROSSI


4-3-3 FORMATIONS:

Italy Vs France - Group Stage Game (First Round 02/06/1978)



GK ZOFF
CB BELLUGI
SWP SCIREA
RB GENTILE
LB CABRINI
CMF TARDELLI
CMF/AMF ANTOGNONI
CMF BENETTI
RWF/RMF CAUSIO
SS/CF BETTEGA
CF/SS ROSSI

Substitution: Zaccarelli for Antognoni (46 mn)

Captain: Dino Zoff
Short Free Kick: Franco Causio
Long Free Kick: Claudio Gentile/Gaetano Scirea/Romeo Benetti/Marco Tardelli/Mauro Bellugi
Free Kick 2: Giancarlo Antognoni
Left Corner: Franco Causio
Right Corner: Franco Causio
Penalty: Roberto Bettega
Players to go up on free kicks and corners: Marco Tardelli, Romeo Benetti

Team Strategy

★Centre Attack
★Left Side Attack
★Change Sides: Bellugi/Scirea | Tardelli/Antognoni/Benetti | Causio
★CB Overlap: Gaetano Scirea - Optional
★Counter Attack
★Mark Key Player: Gentile on Six


Italy Vs Hungary - Group Stage Game (First Round 06/06/1978)



GK ZOFF
CB BELLUGI
SWP SCIREA
RB GENTILE
LB/LWB CABRINI
CMF BENETTI
CMF/AMF ANTOGNONI
CMF TARDELLI
RWF/RMF CAUSIO
SS/CF BETTEGA
CF/SS ROSSI

Substitutions: Cuccureddu for Cabrini (79 mn - Injury) and Graziani for Bettega (84 mn)

Captain: Dino Zoff
Short Free Kick: Franco Causio/Antonio Cabrini
Long Free Kick: Franco Causio/Giancarlo Antognoni/Gaetano Scirea/Romeo Benetti/Antonio Cabrini/Marco Tardelli/Roberto Bettega/Dino Zoff
Free Kick 2: Giancarlo Antognoni
Left Corner: Franco Causio
Right Corner: Franco Causio
Penalty: Roberto Bettega
Players to go up on free kicks and corners: Mauro Bellugi, Antonio Cabrini, Marco Tardelli

Team Strategy

★Right Side Attack
★Left Side Attack
★Change Sides: Bellugi/Scirea | Benetti/Antognoni/Tardelli
★CB Overlap: Gaetano Scirea - Optional
★Counter Attack
★Ball Possession ATT - The First 60 mn


Italy Vs Argentina - Group Stage Game (First Round - 10/06/1978)



GK ZOFF
CB BELLUGI
SWP SCIREA
RB GENTILE
LB/LWB CABRINI
CMF TARDELLI
CMF/AMF ANTOGNONI
CMF BENETTI
RWF/RMF CAUSIO
SS/CF BETTEGA
CF/SS ROSSI

Substitutions: Cuccureddu for Bellugi (6 mn - Injury) and Zaccarelli for Antognoni (73 mn)

Captain: Dino Zoff
Short Free Kick: Franco Causio
Long Free Kick: Franco Causio/Gaetano Scirea/Antonio Cabrini/Claudio Gentile/Giancarlo Antognoni/Romeo Benetti/Marco Tardelli/Antonello Cuccureddu/Paolo Rossi/Dino Zoff
Free Kick 2: Giancarlo Antognoni
Left Corner: Franco Causio
Right Corner: Franco Causio
Penalty: Roberto Bettega
Player to go up on free kicks and corners: Marco Tardelli

Team Strategy

★Right Side Attack
★Left Side Attack
★Change Sides: Tardelli/Antognoni/Benetti | Causio
★CB Overlap: Gaetano Scirea
★Counter Attack
★Mark Key Player: Gentile on Kempes


Netherlands Vs Italy - Group Stage Game (Second Round 21/06/1978)



GK ZOFF
CB CUCCUREDDU
SWP SCIREA
RB GENTILE
LB/LWB CABRINI
CMF ZACCARELLI
CMF/DMF BENETTI
CMF TARDELLI
RWF/RMF CAUSIO
SS/CF BETTEGA
CF/SS ROSSI

Substitutions: Claudio Sala for Causio (46 mn) and Graziani for Benetti (77 mn)

Captain: Dino Zoff
Short Free Kick: Franco Causio/Antonello Cuccureddu
Long Free Kick: Franco Causio/Claudio Gentile/Gaetano Scirea/Romeo Benetti/Marco Tardelli
Free Kick 2: Claudio Gentile
Left Corner: Franco Causio/Claudio Sala
Right Corner: Franco Causio
Penalty: Roberto Bettega
Player to go up on free kicks and corners: Antonio Cabrini

Team Strategy

★Left Side Attack
★Change Sides: Zaccarelli/Benetti/Tardelli
★CB Overlap: Gaetano Scirea - Optional
★Counter Attack


Brazil Vs Italy - Third/Fourth Place Game (24/06/1978)



GK ZOFF
CB CUCCUREDDU
SWP SCIREA
RB GENTILE
LB/LWB CABRINI
CMF P. SALA
CMF/AMF ANTOGNONI
CMF MALDERA
RWF/RMF CAUSIO
SS/CF BETTEGA
CF/SS ROSSI

Substitutions: Claudio Sala for Antognoni (78 mn)
Note: Benetti and Tardelli, the usual starters, were suspended for this game
Bellugi and Zaccarelli were unavailable for this game due to injuries

Captain: Dino Zoff
Short Free Kick: Giancarlo Antognoni/Claudio Sala (Taken with the right foot)/Franco Causio
Long Free Kick: Franco Causio/Claudio Gentile/Gaetano Scirea/Antonio Cabrini/Giancarlo Antognoni/Aldo Maldera/Antonello Cuccureddu/Roberto Bettega/Paolo Rossi/Dino Zoff
Free Kick 2: Franco Causio/Aldo Maldera/Antonello Cuccureddu
Left Corner: Franco Causio
Right Corner: Franco Causio/Giancarlo Antognoni
Penalty: Roberto Bettega
Player to go up on free kicks and corners: Antonio Cabrini

Team Strategy

★Right Side Attack
★Left Side Attack
★Change Sides: Antognoni/Maldera | Causio
★CB Overlap: Gaetano Scirea - Optional
★Counter Attack
★Total Defence - Until Brazil scored the 2nd goal
★Mark Key Player: Gentile on Roberto Dinamite


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