Portugal vs Italy Betting Tips
Portugal
Kept in command of the team after elimination in the round of 16 of the World Cup in Russia, coach Fernando Santos made changes in the group that led to the World Cup. Chief among them was the break awarded to striker Cristiano Ronaldo, the country’s biggest player.
In your case it was not an attempt to renew. But only in a respectful treatment with a 33-year-old athlete who just changed clubs. He left Real Madrid and went to Juventus. Even without him, Portugal even went well against Croatia, runner-up of the World, in the last friendly preparatory for the dispute of the League of Nations of Europe. On Thursday, September 6, there was a 1-1 draw.
The Croatians opened the scoring in the 18 minutes of the first half with Perisic. But they have not held onto advantage over a long period. In the 32nd minute, defender Pepe scored the Portuguese goal. The statistics showed the justice in the marker. Possession of the ball was practically divided (52% to 48% for the owners of the house) and the number of correct finishes was the same (three for each side). Portugal even tried to kick more often. They were 19 against five. But lacked quality. Certainly the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo weighed.
Fernando Santos started the game with veteran Rui Patrício in the goal, a line of four defenders protected by a steering wheel dedicated solely and exclusively to the marking and new line of four with primarily defensive functions. In the front, the young André Silva, of Seville, had practically to be turned alone. The formula is likely to be repeated on Monday.
For the match, the coach has the following athletes available:
Goalkeepers: Beto (Goztepe, Turkey), Cláudio Ramos (Tondela) and Rui Patrício (Wolverhampton, England);
Defenders: Cédric Soares (Southampton, England), João Cancelo (Juventus, Italy), Luis Neto (Zenit, Russia), Mário Rui (Napoli, Italy), Pedro Mendes (Montpellier, France), Pepe Guerreiro (Dortmund, Germany), and Rúben Dias (Benfica);
He is the first player to play for the first time in the first half of the season. He is the only player in the world to play for the first time in the World Cup. He will play for Werner Wiesbaden (FC Porto), Guedes Fernandes (Benfica), Pizzi (Benfica), Renato Sanches (Bayern Munich) );
Attackers: André Silva (Sevilla, Spain), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City, England), Bruma (Leipzig, Germany), Gelson Martins (Atlético Madrid, Spain), Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia, Spain) and Rony Lopes .
Italy
The Italian debut in the competition was disappointing. Especially because a stronger reaction from a team that even managed to qualify for the World Cup in Russia was expected. Acting at home against a Poland that fell still in the first phase of the World Cup, the Italians saw their defense be leaked in the 40 minutes of the first half by Zielinski. They went in search of the tie and managed through a penalty kick very well executed by the Brazilian naturalized Jorginho. They got it.
It can not be said that the Azurra did not seek victory. Even tried. He had a lot more possession (59% to 41%). Finished more (13 to 10). However, he returned to show the same incompetence that took him from the world after two games in which he failed to overcome the Swedish defense. Only two of the balls were on target.
At the time, coach Giampiero Ventura was crucified – rightly so – for not putting many offensive players. This time, Roberto Mancini, even put a trio of attackers: Bernardeschi, Balotelli and Insigne. However, they could do little with a half-field of scarce talent and unable to create real opportunities for completion.
The poor performance should cause changes in the lineup for this Monday’s showdown. One of them is likely to be the starting lineup for Lazio striker Immobile. For the duel, Mancini has at his disposal the following athletes:
Goalkeepers: Alessio Cragno (Cagliari), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), Mattia Perin (Juventus), Salvatore Sirigu (Torino);
Defenders: Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Manuel Lazzari (Spal), Leonardo Bonucci, Daniele Rugani and Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Alessio Romagnoli and Mattia Caldara (Milan), Domenico Criscito (Genoa), Davide Zappacosta and Emerson Palmieri (Chelsea);
Socks: Nicolò Barella (Cagliari), Marco Benassi (Fiorentina), Bryan Cristante, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma), Roberto Gagliardini (Inter), Jorginho (Chelsea) .;
Attackers: Mario Balotelli (Nice), Simone Zaza and Andrea Belotti (Torino), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Giacomo Bonaventura (Milan), Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina), Ciro Immobile Napoli) and Pietro Pellegri (Monaco).
Bet on Portugal vs Italy betting tips provided by expert correct score tipsters
In 25 matches against the Portuguese national team, Italy left the field as the winner 18 times. The successes of Portugal were five, which includes the most recent game in 2015, which had a score of 1 to 0. Equality was rare. It happened only in two games.
Having a more consolidated work, the prognosis in the victory of the selection of Portugal is the most indicated for the classic of this Monday by the League of Nations of Europe.
Bet Tips: Portugal
Odds: 2.37