very surprised at this, Seba not made the Italy squad for Euro 2016
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...isses-out.html
No Giovinco for Euro 2016?
very surprised at this, Seba not made the Italy squad for Euro 2016
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...isses-out.html
That is only the preliminary squad. The actual squad won't be named until May 31st. All that squad is people Conte wants to have a closer look at.Originally Posted by findingtoronto
This list doesn't feature players who have matches to play on the weekend.
May 31 is the EUFA deadline for teams to hand in their list. From what I gather, Conte will announce the list next Monday.
I don't think Seba is ruled out. Conte is just exploring his options with new faces and is also being respectful of other clubs schedule.
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looking at some of the comments and his response it appears he just assumed they were ommitted from the squad instead of thinking they are lumped in with players who are still playing competitive matches this weekend.
If he is indeed officially omitted, does he continue to play as the SEBA we love or does he turn into another Defoe?
He does not know "officially". Kind of hurts this BeIN Sports Commentator's reputation. Puts him in a tabloid or rumour reporter category.
seams like he tried to add 2 + 2 but got 47 as his answer.
I had to look to see if this was the same guy suggesting we were getting Bettega or Donnadoni or Gattuso as president or manager.
guys, Conte left out all players who still have competitive games, in Europe or not.....Juve & Milan players were left out of camp because there is still the Coppa Italia to play (except Bonucci, he's suspended for the game which is why he's at the Italy camp), Pirlo & Giovinco left out because of games in MLS (Pirlo is expected to get the call for the Azzurri due to late season injuries in the midfield - Marchisio & Verratti).....
Scary thought. It puts us into a weird position of wanting to lose him for six weeks if that's the case.
long term, we need him to go.
no one will come if it hurts their national team chances
I really want Gio to get the call up, but there is a lot of speculation suggesting that he has in fact been omitted. We shall see next week.
The thing is he wasn't getting called before he came here and coming here earned him another shot, where he did well. If he doesn't get the call its more a coach/system thing than an mls thing.
I want him to make the Eruos because Seba probably would love the chance to play for his country and in a Euro competition, but other part of me does not want him to make it so he continues to play for TFC....if he was to miss 4-6 weeks of MLS action TFC could miss some crucial points in the standings (lets face it, he is leading this entire team, without him we might really struggle to score goals!)
but I think one reason he is loving it here in Toronto is because he is getting real play time. He wasn't getting much play in Italy Seria A and he wasn't getting field time with the national team, in fact I think he finally got some field time for Italy qualifiers after playing a season for TFC. Truth is with out coming to TFC he probably would of had no chance, now he still might not get the call, but he might of got a better chance by being here then over there!
He needs to go & show that the MLS isn't the backwater everyone thinks. He also needs to go because this team need to learn to win without him - to develop some depth and confidence. He's carried this team for the last year and a half.
I don't understand this - if he doesn't get called.
He was immense in their qualifying games, a game changer.
Conte today: "Those who are here and are not part of the group of players engaged in official matches, can go on vacation."
Note the plural. Absentees are not only from the Coppa final. I think we should all write Conte a thank you letter for allowing us to go down and watch Seba for the two matches this week.
Conte knows Seba well and is probably aware that he is lighting it up at MLS. I think he will get the call but not a starting position.
darmian at Utd have Fa Cup final on sat, although he is an injury doubt at this stage, but he'd be one of the players excused from provisional group also
Also remember the MLS player were not gettig released for any camps until after the games this weekend.
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According to the BBC, it's Steven Giovinco.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36339114
MLS top five earners
1. Kaka (Orlanda City) Salary: $7,167,500 (£4,908,204)
2. Steven Giovinco (Toronto) Salary: $7,115,556 (£4,872,633)
3. Michael Bradley (Toronto) Salary: $6,500,000 (£4,451,109)
4. Steven Gerrard (LA Galaxy) Salary: $6,132,500 (£4,199,450)
5. Frank Lampard (New York City) Salary: $6,000,000 (£4,108,66)
That's the problem with spell-checkers.
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Doesn't matter if he doesn't start, but I hope he goes. Conte didn't pick him for this preliminary round as he still has club games.
In my opinion, Conte is nuts if he does not pick him. Very few other Italian strikers have as much confidence as Seba does right now.
He would be an awesome spark, starting or off the bench.
He's not on the 30 preliminary squad
Who would you put Seba instead of?Forwards: Candreva, Eder, El Shaarawy, Immobile, Insigne, Pelle, Zaza
They don't need all of Pelle, Zaza and Immobile. Chances are only one of them will start at a time. Immobile hasn't even been the best Italian striker on his team. They need a 2nd FW and don't really have one, outside of Eder.
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