Italy vs. Scotland Live Stream: match preview, Schedule, venue, team line up
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Italy will play their first warm up international game against Scotland on Saturday. There are so much predictions are going on because of this high pressure match. Scotland has already did a lot of changes in their team to ensure the best outcome. On the other hand this will be Italy’s first match after March.
Scotland will try to increase their game play level in the field. They lost their last game against Ireland which was really impressive the final score was 22-28. Coach Vern Cotter will try to ensure that his team should avoid this kind of little margin loss. He also said that he will talk with Matt Taylor, the defense coach about the lacking and will give extra effort on set pieces. Also it is important to ensure that Scotland’s breakdown area will not show any weakness during match time. They already replace a very potential player John Hardie (New Zealand) to repair the damage of their defense.
The host team Italy will also play for the win. It is sure that they will do some experiment with their team to find the perfect combination. Italian coach Jacques Brunel gave a huge surprise by letting Tommaso Benvenuti a start in the center position. Also Zebre’s Guglielmo Palazzani replaced on the position of Edorado Gori as a scrum-half. He was suspended at the last match. Another player Davide Giazzon, will start his third match against Italy. He will make trio attack on the front row with Matisas Aguero and Lorenzo Cittadini.
If you see the last three matches between Italy and Scotland, all of them was decided by only five points in total. In the last game, Scotland was defeated at the last minute. An unpredictable penalty gave the win title to the visitor team Italy. So it is sure that the next game will be a high pressure match.
Tournament: Pre world cup campaign.
Teams: Italy vs. Scotland.
Date: On Saturday, 15th august.
Kick off time: the game will start at 18:00 GMT.
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Turin.
Referee: JP Doyle from England.
Live Stream: BT Sport App (UK)
Squads
Italy squad: 1. Matias Aguero, 2. Andrea Masi, 3. Lorenzo Cittadini, 4. Tommaso Benvenuti, 5. Giovambattista Venditti, 6. Guglielmo Palazzani, 7. Alessandro Zanni, 8. Valerio Bernabó, 9. Leonardo Sarto, 10. Gonzalo Garcia, 11. Tommaso Allan, 12. Samuela Vunisa, 13. Francesco Minto, 14. Quintin Geldenhuys, 15. Davide Giazzon.
Replacements: 1. Carlo Canna, 2. Mauro Bergamasco, 3. Martin Castrogiovanni, 4. Leonardo Ghiraldini, 5. Luke McLean, 6. Marcello Violi, 7. Marco Bortolami, 8. Michele Rizzo.
Scotland squad: 1. Gordon Reid, 2. Mike Cusack, 3. Grant Gilchrist, 4. John Hardie, 5. Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 6. Richie Vernon, 7. Greig Tonks, 8. Rory Hughes, 9. Stuart McInally, 10. Richie Gray, 11. Alasdair Strokosch, 12. Adam Ashe, 13. Duncan Weir, 14. Matt Scott, 15. Sean Lamont.
Replacements: 1. Damien Hoyland, 2. Henry Prygos, 3. Jim Hamilton, 4. Alasdair Dickinson, 5. Ross Ford, 6. Peter Horne, 7. Willem Nel, 8. Hamish Watson.
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