FLORENCE (ITALPRESS) – Pietro Comuzzo and Nicolò Savona, along with Nicolò Rovella, represent the new additions wanted by Italian coach Luciano Spalletti for his national team, in training camp since yesterday at the Coverciano Technical Center to prepare for the last two matches of the Nations League round, against Belgium and France. In the words of the two stalwarts also of the Italian Under-21 team, the satisfaction and joy for the goal achieved but also the desire to show off. “When a child starts playing soccer and sees the national team on TV, his dream is to get there and wear that jersey. I’ve been in here many times, but to get there this time and enter through the door of Coverciano with this jersey is the biggest dream I could achieve, it’s a very big emotion. I greeted Coach Spalletti, he hugged me, he told me I looked bigger to him than he thought. We are a young group and we will give everything for these two games,” Comuzzo recounted. For his part, Savona explained, “I had never been here at Coverciano, it’s the first time, so new environment, new teammates, some I already knew, I’m finding myself and settling in very well, there is a good group. With the coach we talked for a moment, he welcomed me really well, I am happy to be here, I thanked him for calling me.” Comuzzo, who wanted to dedicate a thought to his mother, who passed away a short while ago, also said he did not celebrate his first call-up to the senior national team: “I didn’t do anything much, I talked about it with my family, we are very reserved and we celebrated among ourselves.” Head on shoulders and clear ideas. “They say that getting here is not easy, but that the difficult thing is always to stay. My dad always told me that if you build slowly and the foundation is solid, staying up is easier. That’s what I think I’ve done, I’ve gone up over time pretty quickly but also slowly built up each step, this allows me to have a solid enough foundation to stay there. Then anything can happen however I will work to stay at these levels.” “Surely behind the success, as in every field, there are great sacrifices,” Savona explained. “The difficult must certainly come, I will try to face everything with the same dedication, humility and perseverance with which we are and I have come this far. Savona in the Azzurro perhaps dreams of following in the footsteps of his childhood idol, Giorgio Chiellini, a symbol also for his home club, Juventus. “Chiellini is someone who gave me quite a lot of advice, both last year and this year. The biggest piece of advice I think was to always keep the same humility and to keep working hard, day after day, to achieve the goals we set. Technically, he told me to always try to improve, practice after practice, and always work hard.” Comuzzo also confessed that he has Chiellini as his reference point, and the former Azzurri captain is linked to one of his fondest memories as a fan of the national team. “The European Championship won in 2021 I lived it in a beautiful way, I watched all the matches, seeing my idol Chiellini play those games and raise the trophy, it was an immense joy for me as for all Italians,” the words of Comuzzo who then added, “For me the Italian anthem is the most beautiful in the world, because it makes you understand the importance and beauty of this country, singing it on the field is the most beautiful thing I could imagine.” In these days of work in Coverciano Pietro Commuzzo and Nicolò Savona dream of being able to sing that anthem on the field, in one of the two upcoming matches of the national team. “If I had to choose which match I would say Italy-France in San Siro, but just wearing the national team’s jersey and being on the bench would be a very strong emotion – pointed out the Valdostan defensive outfielder -. I hope to maybe play a few minutes and if I have to think of some opponents I could meet I think of Barcola of France or Doku of Belgium who are two very strong players.” “Even just being here is worth so much to me and it is a great emotion, and if I then get the chance to play a few minutes I will be even happier. If I had to choose one of the two matches I would say the one against France because it will be played in Italy, in San Siro, it would be a very strong emotion. Opponents to want to face? Anyone, even Lukaku in Belgium would be a great test,” Comuzzo concluded.- Photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS).
