Comments, predictions France vs Italy: The luck of the rooster
The match between France and Italy in the Nations League takes place at 1:45 a.m. on September 6. Nghe An Newspaper compiles statistics, analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score of this match.
Latest France vs Italy squad information
Didier Deschamps has retained faith in most of France's Euro 2024 squad for this month's Nations League games, but has left out Adrien Rabiot and Benjamin Pavard. Bayern Munich's Michael Olise, following his impressive Olympic performances, has been called up for the first time, with Roma's Manu Kone in line to make his debut. Loic Bade has been added for Wesley Fofana (injured), and Lucas Digne replaces Ferland Mendy, while Matteo Guendouzi has also been called up.
Italy are without Gianluca Scamacca (liga injury) and Nicolo Barella (sinus surgery), along with eight players from the Euro squad, including Gianluca Mancini and Jorginho. Marco Brescianini and Caleb Okoli are called up for the first time, while Destiny Udogie, Moise Kean and Sandro Tonali return. Luciano Spalletti, following his tactical tweaks in Germany, will continue to use a back three, with Mateo Retegui likely to lead the line in a 3-4-2-1 formation.
Latest expected lineup for France vs Italy
France:
Maignan; Kounde, Saliba, Konate, T. Hernandez; Kante, Tchouameni, Zaire-Emery; Dembele, Thuram, Mbappe
Italy:
Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Buongiorno, Bastoni; Cambiaso, Fagioli, Frattesi, Dimarco; Pellegrini, Zaccagni; Retegui
Latest France vs Italy football commentary
Despite reaching the semi-finals of Euro 2024, France were unconvincing and were eliminated after a semi-final defeat to Spain. The team only scored one goal, apart from a set piece and an own goal. Captain Kylian Mbappe suffered a nose injury in the opening match and his form was affected, highlighting an underwhelming tournament for the 2022 World Cup champions.
Didier Deschamps, despite criticism of his conservative tactics, continues to lead the French team in this season's Nations League. After winning the 2018 World Cup and the 2021 Nations League, Deschamps will need to improve to avoid finishing low in the group, which could lead to relegation or a playoff.
Italy, after a difficult group stage thanks to a late goal from Mattia Zaccagni, were knocked out in the last 16, in a far more disappointing way than France. Luciano Spalletti has overhauled the squad by dropping some veteran players and bringing in fresh faces. Despite not losing in six games since Spalletti replaced Roberto Mancini, Italy have been eliminated early at the Euros and are rebuilding.
Italy will face France in their first Nations League match, a first meeting in around 16 years. Despite France's injury woes, their squad remains strong, while Italy are still in the process of rebuilding. France need maximum points from their opening game to gain an advantage, while Italy will need to be more productive in their upcoming Group 2 games.
France vs Italy score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.France vs Italyas follows:
- Sportsmole:France 2-0 Italy
- WhoScore:France 1-0 Italy
- Our newspaper predicts:France 3-1 Italy
When and where to watch France vs Italy live?
To watch live the France vs Italy match in the Nations League taking place at 1:45 a.m. on September 6, viewers can watch on TV360here, Mytv systemhereor on online sports channels. Wish you all have fun watching football.
