Alessandro Del Piero joins the crew to discuss Gennaro Gattuso’s Italy side and their potential playoff matchups as they look to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. Del Piero then blind ranks some of the most historic Italian National Teams.
00:00 – Italian National Team possible World Cup Qualifying opponents
01:08 – Del Piero breaks down Gattuso’s side
03:48 – Blind Ranking begins!
04:08 – 1998 World Cup Squad
04:42 – 2020 Euro’s winners
05:24 – 2002 World Cup Squad
06:58 – 1994 World Cup Squad
08:11 – 2006 World Cup winners
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Italy 2002 number 1 regardless the results
2020 was a solid team that came together perfectly… but if we are going by talent, it's 5th… 1990, 1994, 2002, 1998, 2006
I disappoint on fifth place on 98's team. I promote it on the fourth also third, and euro20 at the fifth for less talented and quality
The team for me that will always wear the crown 👑 🏆 FORZA 💪
that is a tremendous suit on del piero
My favorite was 1978 beautiful calcio mostly a Juve squad the only team to defeat Argentina and only lost to long range once in a lifetime shots. Second was 1990 again should have won WC but for a Zenga miscue. Third 1982 Fourth 1970 Fifth 2006 2020 sixth 2002 seventh
Wow the guy from ITV really got a promotional 😭
2002 team got disrespectul treat from that horrible ref
2002 is the best
He probably wanted to put that 94 team in 2nd. They had Zola too who was harshly red carded. He IMO was the best player at the time amongst Baggio with the unlucky pen. In my mind Italy have 6 world cups and brazil with 3.
Don’t agree the 1994 team was way more superior to the 2006 team I’d rank this team in 2nd and the 1994 1st Italy deserved that World Cup in 94
Winning ugly – like Brad Gilbert build a football team.
Italy players are awfull now . Not Italian player would get in any of the Italian squads from 1970 to 2010 . Maybe tonali and donnaruama .
Del Piero posa il fiasco. Italia '94 >>> Italia 2006
The 94, 98, and 2002 squads had World class defenders and forwards. We had industrial players in midfield (Albertini, Dino Baggio, Tomassi, Cristiano Zanetti, Gattuso, Di Biaggio.) who were good to very good, but not great. We often got outplayed because of this – we were extremely lucky to get a draw with Mexico in 2002 and qualify for the last 16. Had Pirlo, who was 23 and doing great for the under 21's, and Brescia, been selected, as well as Baggio, who was still magnificent at the age of 35, been called up, then I would say that the 2002 squad was the best.
My favourite Italian team, the one which played the best football and had the best balance was the 1990 team. Zenga; Bergomi, Ferri, Baresi, Maldini; Donadoni, De Napoli, Giannini, Berti; Baggio, Schillaci. I believe this team would have won had the coach not dropped Baggio (and ruined the teams rhythm) for the semi-final against Argentina.
The 1982 team, and squad, was also excellent. One of the most underrated World Cup Champions. They get criminally overlooked and disparaged because that Brazil team didn't win the tournament, a team which couldn't defend to save their lives. To beat Brazil, Argentina, a very good Polish side, and West Germany was a great achievement.
Ma che minchia si e fumato per mettere quelle del 2020 cosi in alto?
The 1998 and 2002 squad was just unreal
If only Maldini was part of that 2006 team
I mean, it is a ranking of Italian squads, which doesn’t rank high among other international squads. “Talent in the front” for the 2006 squad?!? Luca Toni is really all you got!!? LMAO
1982 … I'm old.
Italy only one loss and all wins, Brasil 6 losses and yet Brasil directly qualified and Italy to play offs. That's all I am going to say
An Italian here: we will not going in the next WC, sadly. Our football is in deep sh*t due Clubs and Federation politics.
What about Italia for UEFA Euro 2000? They got to the final vs. France and the golden goal per ET came into play here for the winner. Italia was missing Christian Vieri in both Euro 2000 and WC 2006. I think WC 2002 was the best squad. Allegedly they were cheated by FIFA with match fixing, but so was Spain's selection as well.
Cmon 1982 is the best team of all time. ..hands down
1990 was the strongest national side I've ever seen
Since the '90s because the best Italian team ever was the 1982's one.
1982W-1990-1978-
2021EuroW-
-2006W-1970-1994
my favorite Italian🇮🇹 teams.
I Knew 2006 would come ….. but I still manage to get tears in my eyes😊
Only adp has a clue here
All those teams except for 2002, won/lost by PK shootouts. Johan Cruyff was right "Italians can not beat us, but we can certainly lose against them.". It always goes to shootouts lol.
Football is fun because it's not decided on paper right? You need a right system that fits all the player you have, maximizing their value. From this perspective, the result and the actual game process speak best. 2006 is easily NO.1 cuz it was so balanced.
fun fact: that Italy squad is the most valuable team of the 32 teams in that world cup, even higher than Brazil, England. That's because so many players are at their prime age, the right balance of experience and fitness.
I know 2021 squad is not strong on pager compared to other teams, but in terms of the team system and balance, it's easily TOP 3. Their win is not just lucky, that team still holds the longest unbeaten run record of national teams, for a good reason. If anyone remembers, two games in Euro 2020 (two 3-0 against Turkey and Switzerland), everyone was saying Italy was playing the most enjoyable games,. They got experienced defenders, best goalkeeper, solid mid field, speed (Spinazzola) and rising attacker star (Chiesa), everyone played so well and comfortable in that 4-3-3 system.
On the opposite, squad 2002 is a good example of great players on paper but not so good coach and imbalanced. There were legendary defenders and attackers in that field, but mid field was not strong enough, who's the regista? They didn't deserve to be eliminated at 16 for sure, but they struggled at group stage too, and also the similar squad failed 2004 Euro too. Speaking of a team, though 2002 could be best on paper, they should be NO.5 in this list
I find the host in the light grey suit to be obnoxious.
Mi favorita fue aquella selección de 1994. Desde entonces apoyo a Italia a pesar de los momentos difíciles por los que han pasado. Forza Italia 🇮🇹 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2002 was the best team – “weird way”, as Del Piero said is IMHO an euphemism for “scandalous referee”, who was arrested some years after that infamous match for heroin smuggling in New York. Spain had something to say about that 2002 world cup too.
My rank is:
1) 2002 (Totti, Vieri, Del Piero, Buffon, Cannavaro, Nesta, Zambrotta, Montella were in their prime; Maldini was still Maldini!);
2) 1994 (Baggio, Albertini, Maldini, Pagliuca, Casiraghi, Zola in their prime; Baresi in his last great season, Donadoni old, ma still good);
3) 2006 (It’s the 2002 team plus prime Pirlo and with Luca Toni instead of Vieri)
4) 1998 (if that Baggio’s volee against France went in, that team could have won the World Cup);
5) 2021 was the worst team on the list in terms of talent. The only great player was Donnarumma.
The crazy thing is that European countries, like Italy for example, they risk again to no qualify for World Cup, despite having 15 points on 18 aviable…
I mean, you win 5 matches on 6 and you have to have these play-off between the second placed teams ?
While in the other continents, you see some terrible teams qualifying with 4 or 5 points ?
This is the real problem….
The 8rd European team is waaaaaay better than the 8rd team of Asia, Africa, America etc etc… or even better than the 4/5/6/7rd for that matter
I feel like cbs could benefit from replacing these🤡, the champions league squad are the best
Tonali is Italy’s only world class player….
The unforgettable Italian champions who claimed World Cup glory 💙🤍🏆🥇
This video redefined stupid
Where did Del-Pierio learn his English