Tonight Italy plays their last friendly against Bosnia, ahead of their debut at the European Championships on Saturday 15 June at 9pm against Albania.
A sigh of relief, even if it is not said, was probably breathed at home in Italy when the clinical tests carried out underlined that Nicolò Barella will soon be back at Luciano Spalletti’s disposal for the European Championships in Germany: “There has always been optimism about Barella from the first moment. When there are muscle strains you have to wait a few days to have a clearer picture – underlined the Italian coach – He will not be taken into consideration for the friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina, but against next week ‘Albania yes”.
In the training camp in Coverciano, Spalletti is shaping his ‘Italy’, with tactical variations that could be useful from match to match, also based on the choices made during the call-up phase. From this perspective, the exclusion of Orsolini will not make the Azzurri coach abandon the 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1: “Absolutely not. Various players can play in the upper right wing position, such as Cambiaso, Chiesa and Pellegrini. All players with their own qualities.” Meanwhile, Bosnia gives Fagioli a chance: “I liked his performance against Turkey and today he will play together with Jorginho. We need to be good technically if we want to bring all these people onto the pitch. We have to try to control the match, we need to know how to manage the ball and know in which area of the field we have to manage it.” Meanwhile, the Azzurri have chosen their shirt numbers: 9 for Scamacca may be an indication, given the progress of the Atalanta player towards the end of the season, as well as 10 for Roma captain Lorenzo Pellegrini: “For the qualities he has he can wear the number 10 correctly, he’s made of that stuff and he’s a player who knows how to float, he knows how to take free kicks and penalties. He has the foot to put that soft ball and he’s always in good shape with his body posture, you know skip the man in the narrow. And then there’s Barella who gets close to a number 10, even if he goes a long way.”
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