The long eve of Spain-Italy begins. Today at 2.30 pm from the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen Luciano Spalletti will speak to analyze the most anticipated challenge in Group B of this European Championship. Subsequently, the technical commissioner will return to Iserlohn for the decisive training session which will begin at 5.00 pm.
The Italy coach, who wants to continue on the path traced in Dortmund, is currently evaluating some changes in the starting eleven given the many close commitments (the match against Croatia on Monday). In defense we will move forward with the four-man line, but Giovanni Di Lorenzo could take a breather and leave space for Matteo Darmian. Balloting underway.
In the name of continuity. Italy approaches the match against Spain with the idea of not revolutionizing the team that won and convinced on its debut against Albania. Two days before the match against the red furies, Luciano Spalletti continued his work on the back four with Bastoni and Calafiori who, once again, could be featured again from the first minute in front of Donnarumma.
The technical commissioner of the national team is currently thinking above all about the possibility of adding greater physicality in the middle of the pitch by inserting Bryan Cristante from the first minute together with Jorginho and Barella. At that point, Lorenzo Pellegrini, number 10, who was replaced during the match at the BVB Stadion in Dortmund last weekend to make room for his teammate, could be sacrificed. An alternative could be to leave Frattesi out. For Spalletti these are hours of reflection, but the path is clear: no revolution is foreseen against Spain.
Italy (4-2-3-1) – Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo (Darmian), Bastoni, Calafiori, Dimarco; Jorginho, Cristante; Chiesa, Barella, Frattesi (Pellegrini); Scamacca. Technical commissioner: Luciano Spalletti.
