During today’s appointment with L’Editoriale he spoke on the frequencies of TMW Radio Paolo De Paola. These are his words:
What does the national team’s first performance at the European Championship leave behind?
“A premise must be made, the two national and Naples arguments have affinity on the mental foreclosure of those who have a perception and do not accept reality. If anyone is mad at Spalletti for a thousand preconceived reasons, they cannot fail to have understood that this is the first national team to play football for several years now. I have also read colleagues who criticize the national team and Spalletti’s way of speaking. He is also at the forefront in the way we talk about him, to the cloying question of who was the best he talks about the collective. He took risks against Albania, but only in the first and last minute. For the rest he dominated. Spalletti’s game leads to effectiveness, at the end of the match he was furious because the game had become boring. Spalletti’s game is not a tirade to pass the time, but a continuous search for depth and this has not been done with continuity. He’s right when he says we didn’t close it. Have we ever seen a national team play like an orchestra? The first half was beautiful. Then we talk about Albania which is poor, we have suffered defeats from North Macedonia and Sweden. Finally we have a coach who makes the national team play like a team. I’ll tell you more, after these matches I liked Germany and Italy, less Spain and even less England who start as the underdogs. Serbia were dignified on the pitch and England never took it in the second half. Spalletti’s anger at the end of the match is justified, he cannot risk losing two points in a dominated match. A risk that arises from a foolishness by Calafiori who had been impeccable up until that moment. This national team is light years away from those of recent years in a positive way.”
How did you see Croatia and Spain?
“Croatia was definitely a disappointment, I liked Spain but it has some flaws. If you face it on a game level it has some uncertainties especially in the defensive phase. He has in his DNA that sterile possession of the ball which, however, led to results against Croatia, but isolated actions have been seen. I want to see it again against Italy, these two victories by Italy and Spain put the teams in a position to accept a draw which would allow both to go through.”
What feelings do you have after the words of the Kvaratskhelia officer?
“We don’t have to see anything, we have to talk about the facts. The fact is that Conte went to Napoli and that Milan and Juventus have never looked for a profile like Conte’s for new corporate dynamics. Conte must try to create an attractive center around him both for the players who need to arrive, but also above all for the players who need to stay. The Di Lorenzo and Kvaratskhelia cases are two cases that represent two points of friction with respect to the demands of Conte’s arrival, which he had described as untransferable. Di Lorenzo and Kvara. Having to do without two players like this would already be a very important fact. Evidently what happened last year in Naples was sensational, you cannot expect to assemble and disassemble a toy as you please. If you don’t feel good in your workplace and you want to leave, there is obviously a relationship problem. Giuntoli goes away, the coach wants to go, the captain wants to go and now also one of Napoli’s most important players. We need to ask ourselves questions. Disasters have been made within Napoli that are too big to be repaired. We will have to rebuild from the pieces around the figure of Conte and everyone will have to work together to resolve the many problems that exist at the moment.”
