Federico Chiesa and Nicolò Barella, two protagonists of Italy’s victory over Albania in their debut match at the German European Championships. After the worst start, with Bajrami’s goal in the 23rd second of the game. “The departure was a bit of a shock but the reaction was great – said the Juventus player to RaiSport, awarded player of the match by UEFA -. We are a great group and we did what the coach wanted, but we could have gone more upright and be more cynical. My condition? I got a blow to my back but everything is fine. Spalletti asked me for availability and I’m ready to play where the coach asks me to well to the right”.
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“I was a bit tired, the days in which I was still didn’t help me but I really wanted to because the boys made me feel important – the words of Barella, scorer of the winning goal -. I will spit blood for these boys, this staff and this shirt. We deserved to score more goals but football is like that, then when you leave the game with a goal difference the other teams throw themselves forward and anything can happen. Albania played a great game but I think we have deserved the victory. We enjoy it, now we wait for the next ones. Will I be there with Spain?
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“Nobody expected this start. I’m proud of this team – these are the words of Bastoni, scorer of the equalizer, to Sky – We started as badly as we could have and there was the risk of going down mentally. We were good at reacting and winning. We could have scored a few more goals and closed the game earlier. It was decisive for us to win tonight. We know that Spain is strong, but we can put them in difficulty.”
