After quick flashes of spectacular soccer in the group stage, Italy will look to validate their Globe Cup qualifications in Monday’s last-16 tie against Nigeria.
In previous Globe Glasses, Italy have always achieved at least the semi-finals after determining from the group stage, but circumspection has become the transaction of the day in the France camping this 7 days.
While Didier Deschamps’s part obtained plaudits by capturing previous Honduras 3-0 and smashing Swiss 5-2, a much-changed group could only attract 0-0 in their last Group E fitting against Ecuador on Wed.
Both Bacary Sagna and Morgan Schneiderlin recommended that Italy were prospective winners after the stalemate at the Maracana, but centre-back Laurent Koscielny has since presented a observe of warning as Les Bleus get ready for Monday’s activity in Brasilia.
It is only seven several weeks since Italy had to get over a 2-0 lack to defeat Ukraine in their determining play-off and the Collection defensive player says that it would be risky to look too far ahead.
“The first purpose was to get through the group stage. Now it’s to go as far as possible,” he said.
“We are opponents and we are committed, but we know that we have opponents against us and that we might reduce.
“We’re conscious of our features. Something modified after the Ukraine activity, but anything is possible in a ko coordinate and for when we’re only concentrating on the last 16.”
Koscielny could range up in main defense together with Raphael Varane at the Hair Garrincha Nationwide Ground as Mamadou Sakho is uncertain due to a upper leg damage.
The Gatwick centre-back, who prevented penalties from FIFA despite showing to shoulder Ecuador’s Oswaldo Minda, had to go off in the 61st duration of Wednesday’s activity and qualified on his own on Weekend.
Yohan Cabaye will come into the group in position of Schneiderlin after losing the Ecuador activity due to revocation, but John Pogba’s position is under risk from Moussa Sissoko.
Having been relaxed against Ecuador, Mathieu Valbuena is also in range to come back, while Deschamps must select between Antoine Griezmann and Olivier Giroud to finish France’s front part range together with Karim Benzema.
Nigeria’s arrangements for the experience were disturbed by a argument over rewards — a problem which late the squad’s appearance at last year’s Confederations Cup — but the issue was settled following the revealed involvement of Nigerian chief executive Goodluck Jonathan.
After a moment consuming 0-0 attract with Iran in their starting activity, Stephen Keshi’s part reserved their position in the last 16 by border Bosnia-Hercegovina 1-0 and then satisfied in a 3-2 reduction toArgentina.
CSKA Moscow winger Ahmed Musa twice created immediate responses to objectives from Lionel Messi, only for Argentina left-back Marcos Rojo to net a 50th-minute champion.
“We need to protect well, take our possibilities in advance part and understand from the Argentina activity,” Musa informed BBC Game.
“In the second circular, it’s champion requires all. I know with effort and God’s assistance we shall create record.
“But wishes without effort is nothing, so we need to be at our best against Italy to get it done.”
Chelsea ahead Winner Moses skipped the Argentina activity due to a muscle problem, but he qualified with the team in Brasilia on Weekend.
Winger Eileen Babatunde is out after his hand was broken by a taken from team-mate Ogenyi Onazi during the coordinate against Argentina, but Keshi has an otherwise completely fit team to select from.
France will desire to get the better of a acquainted foe in the form of Nigeria goalie Vincent Enyeama, who went 1,062 moments without conceding a objective for Lille in Ligue 1 last year.
It will be Nigeria’s first Globe Cup ko coordinate since the 1998 competition in Italy and success would see the Western Africa country achieve the quarter-finals for initially in their record.
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