The time for the international break has arrived for the national selections. And if certain countries like France, Spain, Belgium, England and even Portugal have already qualified for Euro 2024, which will take place in Germany from June 14 to July 14, 2024. But for other nations are not certain of competing in the competition and this is particularly the case of the title holders, Italy, which could in fact miss, once again, a major tournament after having remained at the dock for the Cup 2018 World Cup in Russia and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. As a reminder, the Squadra Azzurra has experienced serious trauma in the recent history of football, despite a title won during the last Euro 2020 by beating England in the final at Wembley: against Sweden in 2017 and against Macedonia in North in 2022. And like a whole symbol, it is against this same North Macedonia that Italy, Luciano Spalletti’s version, will achieve its survival.
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“I make the call-ups with the aim of taking the best to win the matches. Let’s try to win the first game. Then there may be some evaluations to be made for some players for the two close games. It is clear that something will change. The fear ? We have him by our side, we go through it together. Against England I saw a lot of rays of light and I didn’t find myself in intense darkness. Generally defeats tend to fade away, but in this match there were a lot of things done well, and in some very good moments, which we must maintain.declared Luciano Spalletti at a press conference this week.
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180 minutes to survive
For this international break, the Italian coach called up a list of 29 players, still without the former Parisian but with the returns of Jorginho and Davide Calabria. Also note the presence of two new players, defender Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus) and midfielder Andrea Colpani (Monza) but the absences of Marco Verratti and Sandro Tonali in particular. During the last break, Italy thought they could compete with England by opening the score, but they were quickly overthrown by the Three Lions: “We played the match with good intentions, we are too often conditioned by the result. This must be a normal match. There are restarts to be made if you want to play European football and physical like the clubs and nations that teach how to be on the pitch.also clarified Luciano Spalletti, when he returned to the match lost against England during the last international break.
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For his 3rd and 4th matches at the head of the Squadra Azzurra since he replaced Roberto Mancini, Luciano Spalletti wants to rely on this match against the English to bounce back better, especially than the matches against North Macedonia (17/ 11) and Ukraine (20/11) will be decisive for qualification for Euro 2024. Currently 3rd in Group C, Italy is absolutely not certain of making the trip to Germany next June: “Some corrections need to be made. Often we suffered from the physical strength and in other cases from the anticipation of the ideas of the football we have to play. We must see beyond the first step and be prepared to be attacked. Too often we have been surprised. We played a good match and conceded things that give advantages to a national team like England., put the former Naples coach into perspective. Now it’s time for serious things for the Nazionale, defending champion of the last Euro: qualification, play-off or elimination? Answer next week.
Pub. 11/16/2023 7:00 p.m. Updated 11/16/2023 7:28 p.m.
2023-11-16 18:00:57
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