Roy Hodgson says that England will deal with the threat posed by Andrea Pirlo and Italy by playing better than they did during their Euro 2012 meeting.
In the quarter-finals of the European Championships two years ago, the Azzurri defeated the Three Lions on penalties after a 120 minutes that may have ended goalless, but was dominated in possession by Italy and their main midfield man.
Ahead of this Saturday’s Group D opener in the 2014 World Cup, the reunion between the sides presents England and their Coach with an opportunity to improve upon that previous showing.
“How are we going to stop Pirlo? What we’re going to do first of all is we’re going to play better against Italy this time than we did in Euro 2012,” Hodgson has promised media this week from England’s training camp in Rio de Janeiro…
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