APPIANO GENTILE (ITALPRESS) – The match between Italy and France, scheduled for Sunday evening at 8:45 p.m. at a sold-out San Siro, is worth the first place in Group 2 of Nations League A. Right now, the Azzurri are experiencing an excellent state of form and the team seems to be cohesive and compact. “The difference is being made by the group, in addition to everything the coach and all the staff are doing,” said Donnarumma, captain of the national team, in a press conference. “He found the right medicine to put us in the right place, to get Italy back to being Italy. We needed a steering after the European Championship, the difficult thing is to continue with the performance, our goal now is to continue to improve, to work and have fun. The group is a healthy group, having fun, I am seeing again the spirit of the old European, there are many guys who want to wear this jersey, which is special and makes you give 300%. Tomorrow we want to play a great game and bring it home.” For the Psg goalkeeper it will be a special match, as he will return to his old stadium, where he started his career with the Milan jersey: “Going back to San Siro is always special, it was my home for so many years, there are wonderful fans, they make you feel their warmth, when you enter San Siro you have a totally different energy. As I will tell the team if there is this atmosphere it is also thanks to us, we have to be proud, we have to go there and make them excited.” After his farewell to AC Milan, he always received booing at the Meazza. “What kind of reception will I receive? I expect a good reaction, when you wear the national team jersey we are all Italians, I expect a great atmosphere for the whole team, I am convinced it will be a special night.” Finally, on the absence of Kylian Mbappè, whom he knows very well, he says, “I don’t know what happened, but for them it is definitely an important absence. He is one of the strongest in the world, he would have bothered us, but they have other strong and quality strikers, such as Barcola who plays with me at Psg and is an incredible talent.”- Photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS).
