He ct Luciano Spalletti spoke to Sky Sport microphones shortly before the pre-match press conference for Italy-Switzerland. «The emotion is always great, we have absorbed all the anecdotes told by Buffon. We have to qualify because it is very important and nice to see our fans rejoice. In my opinion, Zaccagni’s goal came because we had already seen something, until the last second we remained in the match with great application and sacrificemaintaining order and risking little in the second half».
Spalletti: «Dimarco cannot be recovered»
«Seeing the fans rejoice like that is something you hardly forget, even if it was still the group stage and therefore had less value. But it is something that stays with you».
Then he said about the conditions of the two Inter players: «Sticks need to be evaluated carefullydid some training today. Dimarco is out, he is not recoverable. We will play with something that resembles a 4-man defence. We have to try to be more offensive. Beans? We need to give young people who are pushing the envelope the space they deserve. He has naturalness and personality in the role so we must have the courage to give him the space he deserves.».
About the opponent: «Switzerland has this very united team block. It’s difficult to find them long between the departments, they have modernity in staying on you with the defensive line. They always look at situations in the correct way, but there is the possibility of attacking them behind the line. They have ferocious aggressions, so they don’t allow you to reason easily. We need to have more balance, tending towards the second half against Croatia where we stood tall and played more attacking football. With Croatia we were in it until the last second, thinking we could do it. In my opinion the draw is correct, if you reach it in the last 3 seconds there is also luck but the research has always been there and we were rewarded».
The Ct’s press conference
«To make Italians proud we have to do something better than what we have seen so far. We were not able to express our level, only in some moments were we able to do so. I think that the qualification arrived at the last second is deserved, but we must realize that we cannot afford to have drops in tension as we had at the beginning of the two second halves and in certain moments of the matches».
About Switzerland: «The Swiss players are very strong, Xhaka above all. My colleague is very good because it is a team that is good on the pitch and that showed it also against Germany. We know them for what we have seen”».
On Scamacca: «In my opinion he can score a goal at any time. He has that quality and those flashes that tear you apart at certain moments. To exhibit his qualities, however, he needs to be in the game continuously and he struggles more with this. He has a shot that I have never seen in any other player I have coached».
Scamacca-Retegui runoff: «They both give great solutions. Both are strong and will be part of the race. We just need to understand who came first and who came after».
Mancini for Calafiori: «Tomorrow Mancini will play because in this match he is the most suitable to replace Calafiori».
The point on Bastoni and Dimarco: «Bastoni will be evaluated tomorrow. Today he trained and was better, but we’ll have to see what answers we get tonight. Dimarco, however, will not be part of the race».
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