Brazil 2014: the rights and wrongs of Giaccherini’s omission from Italy squad

This is what Jake urged ... and he was right, with crucial help towards the end of the season from Giaccherini
This is what Jake urged … and he was right, with crucial help towards the end of the season from Giaccherini

This is one of those occasional guest posts from outsiders, in this case resulting from a collaboration with Superserp.com. It started out as a “will Giaccherini make the squad?” piece but that idea was scuppered by the announcement from Italy that made clear he had not made it. But was Cesare Prandelli right to overlook him – and, for that matter, was Poyet right to make so little use of him? …

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