Italy legend Tarcisio Burgnich believes they “won’t have big problems” at Euro 2016 against Belgium, Sweden and the Republic of Ireland.
The Azzurri have been placed in Group E, already nicknamed the Group of Death, for the tournament in France next summer.
“I don’t think Italy will have any big problems going through,” former defender and Euro 1968 winner Burgnich told Tuttomercatoweb.
Italy legend Tarcisio Burgnich believes they “won’t have big problems” at Euro 2016 against Belgium, Sweden and the Republic of Ireland.
The Azzurri have been placed in Group E, already nicknamed the Group of Death, for the tournament in France next summer.
“I don’t think Italy will have any big problems going through,” former defender and Euro 1968 winner Burgnich told Tuttomercatoweb.
“Sweden have several more individual talents at their disposal than Ireland, but Antonio Conte’s team can progress without too much difficulty.
“Belgium represent more of an issue and the recent friendly win over Italy proved they deserve to be first in the FIFA world rankings. They are a side to be respected and, in certain ways, to be feared too.
“With Sweden everything goes around Zlatan Ibrahimovic and he is always decisive for his teams. At Euro 2004 he scored a fantastic goal against us, but if you close him down, the rest of team will struggle.”