ROME (ITALPRESS) – The one against Belgium will be a “watershed match, because for us to win it would mean many things. It would allow us to consolidate what we have seen so far and to do all the things a little more calmly.” Thus Luciano Spalletti to Vivo Azzurro TV, on the eve of the challenge at the Olimpico against Belgium. From the height of the first place in the group, the result of the six points won in the first two away matches in Paris and Budapest with vice-world champions France and Israel, tomorrow night the national team will be hunting for its third consecutive Nations League victory. Another success would pave the way to the quarterfinals, allowing Italy to appear as the top seed in the draw for the upcoming World Cup. This time the Azzurri, who underwent their final training session this morning at Coverciano, will also have the home factor on their side, with the Stadio Olimpico in Rome ready to dust off the dress of big nights, issued 35,000 tickets so far. The coach in these first three days of the gathering has noted that the team’s attitude has not changed from a month ago: “I have found the same things again, in fact even more so with these four new youngsters I have called up: they have shown great willingness, energy and desire to show their readiness. “Meanwhile, the average age of the group continues to fall, from 24 years and 9 months in September to 24 years and 5 months. At the European Championship, during the last match with Switzerland, it was 28 years old. “I see these youngsters ready to make the leap to the next level,” the coach explained at the microphone of the Figc’s OTT platform.During training, having to deal with them directly, they show us time after time. Against Domenico Tedesco’s Belgium, orphaned of stars De Bruyne and Lukaku, they will have to watch out for the flair and speed of their young talents, from Atalanta’s De Ketelaere to Doku. “They will be missing strong players, but they have others in the future forecast even stronger. They have speed, in the open field they are devastating and on the outsides they have players who are good at dribbling, they are among those who dribble the most in all of Europe. – Spalletti concluded – They have quality on all sides, they have players who play in the best teams at the European level and they are ranked sixth in the Fifa Ranking while we are 10th.”- Photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS)
