ZENICA (BOSNIA) (ITALPRESS) – No alibi, no excuse. Gennaro Gattuso traced the line, Italy will have to do a great performance in order to return to the World Championship. The blue ct reiterated it several times in the Zenica press conference, on the eve of the challenge from inside or outside with Bosnia, earned after the victory with Northern Ireland. “It has changed little from Bergamo, the sensations are the same – said Gattuso – There is awareness that tomorrow we play so much, everyone knows. We play against a strong team, with quality players, strong physically, it will take a great Italy to succeed in crowning the dream of returning to the World Cup. We have to get into the field with great caution. We have become champions while not being stronger, but with patriotism and pride, with suffering we have achieved important goals in our history, it will not have to miss this”.
“When you play footballer and coach, the matches are difficult – the national team continued – especially when you know you can’t fail. But the truth is one, seven months ago we weren’t these, we suffered opponents, the team on this aspect improved. We think about concrete and being less beautiful.”.
The Italian technician also answered the question regarding the eventual failure of Italy to the next World Championship (for the third consecutive time in case of defeat): “It’s not the time to talk about this and I don’t know if I’m the right person, if it happens it will be a disappointment, an important madness, and I will assume my responsibilities because I’m the ct. But we’ll talk about it later, we haven’t broken our head yet, if it happens, we’ll get the points. Whatever happens, in good and evil, I will put my face on it.” Before the press conference, Italy took a walk around the stadium “Bilino Polje” to understand what will be the climate that will wait for the blue tomorrow and how the grassy mantle is reduced after the recent snowfall: “We don’t have to think about the field, it’s an alibi – he warned ‘Ring’ – If it’s bad for us it is also for them, it’s weak to think about this. I’ve seen it closely, it seems a field that can go, but even if it was bad we can do little, the game we have to play it”.
“What climate will we find? They are here, they play their race, the respect we have for the Bosnian national is high. And then one thing, in my career I never happened to see the fans win over.” Some jokes related to the words of Sergei Barbarez, Bosnian ct, who joked unveiling his race plan (“If we go ahead we will put a bus in front of the door”): “It’s a great poker player, I remember it when it was attacking Leverkusen and Hamburg. It makes love, I have the feeling that it enters the soul of the players, it is prepared and intelligent. The controversy with Dimarco? Stupid things, we were stupid to hurt ourselves. We know that Bosnia is a physical team, it makes you feel, knows how to suffer and knows how to play. For our part there is great respect, it can always put you in trouble,” Gattuso concluded.
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