After the Italian Super Cup and the Scudetto with Inter, Davide Frattesi dreams of another trophy, this time with the Italy shirt. However, it is too early to say too much about the Azzurri’s final objective and the Roman midfielder has focused on the victory against Albania and on Thursday’s match against Spain, a fundamental turning point in our journey. “Against Spain there will be more space than against Albania and we will have to exploit them. We will still try to play a possession game even if it will be more difficult to have as much time with the ball as on Saturday. We will have to be careful in the defensive phase because we will be put under more pressure. Against Croatia did the Spaniards go behind in possession for the first time in the last ten years? In that case, the first is not necessary the objective is not to concede goals so as not to make the opponents gain confidence. I believe that the current version of Spain is a more modern one, a team that has adapted to today’s football. The current players in the La Roja midfield are very strong, but they are not there plus those three phenomena from the past who never let you get the ball. Taken individually, Spain is ahead of us and for this reason we will have to show the Italian spirit that has been with us for years: it will be fundamental to win. If we put it on one-on-one duels, we have little chance. If instead we focus on the group, on unity and on sacrifice, we can all do it together. Yamal? He is young and very good, but they also have other excellent players. They won’t give us many opportunities and we will have to be good at exploiting them. The indications that Spalletti shouts at me – continued Frattesi – I take them well because it means that he has faith in me. From the outside you have a better view of the race, of the ideal position to take and he tries to give me advice. What does he ask me? When the opponents are crushed, to move back to get the ball or to go wide.”
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Frattesi then spoke about his use in Azzurri which is greater in proportion compared to his use at Inter: “I knew that it wasn’t easy to join a team that had just finished the Champions League final and I think the space that Inzaghi gave me was that right. How can I get more? I’ll wear the national team shirt under the Inter one… (laughs, ed.) One hopes to play as much as possible, but then I always respect the coach’s choices in blue We’ve been together for a year and the actions between us come automatically, especially the outings with the ball. We sometimes repeat it in the national team, but the same thing happens to me with Scamacca because we’ve known each other for a long time a life”.
SCAMACCA FRIEND
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Davide then underlined the friendship he has with the Atalanta striker, citing him in various replies: “What pastime did I bring with me from Rome? Scamacca… (laughter, ed.). I have many interests but they can be cultivated only outside a retreat. Here we spend a few hours in the press room, after dinner. We are all together and play PlayStation, billiards, ping pong. It is there, in those moments, that the group is formed I created a good relationship with El Shaarawy, with whom I had had fewer opportunities to talk. The ideal opponent? Scamacca because he “shoots” them all… Who is the strongest at billiards? who make a lot of random shots. Do the midfielders need goals because the attackers don’t score? In the last three months Scamacca has shown that he can score goals at any time. So far in the European Championships, but as soon as he does… We have the right number 9 here with Italy.”
