Luciano Spalletti feels Italy have reached 70-80% of their potential and suggests that the Azzurri will need physicality at Euro 2024: ‘It’s what Atalanta teach.’ Spalletti spoke at a press conference attended by Football Italia on Sunday night after a 1-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in Empoli.
Following the two warm-up friendly matches, Luciano Spalletti’s ideas about how he will set Italy out in the EURO 2024 opener against Albania are becoming clear.
Luciano Spalletti looks at what Italy did well in the 1-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the areas they need to work on going into EURO 2024.
Inter defender Matteo Darmian notes Italy are ‘at the full disposal’ of coach Luciano Spalletti and open to a variety of tactical systems, moving to 3-4-2-1 tonight against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Luciano Spalletti warns their EURO 2024 opponents that Italian football has changed and depends on tactical ‘fluidity’ best exemplified by their versatile wing-backs.
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Check out the latest team news from the Italy national team camp as Luciano Spalletti and his players prepare to take on Bosnia and Herzegovina in the final international friendly before the start of EURO 2024 next weekend.
Italy coach Luciano Spalletti is expected to name Inter Milan pair Matteo Darmian and Davide Frattesi in his starting line-up for today’s friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Legendary former Milan coach and ex CT of the Italy national team Arrigo Sacchi has given his support to current incumbent Luciano Spalletti ahead of Sunday night’s friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina, suggesting that ‘Italy could surprise us’ heading into the EUROs.
Luciano Spalletti’s decision to leave Juventus midfielder Manuel Locatelli out of his Italy squad for Euro 2024 has sparked an intense debate. However, the 26-year-old holds no grudges against the former Napoli manager and will use his omission to spend time with his family.
With Nicolò Barella undergoing tests, Italy experimented a 3-5-2 formation with Nicolò Fagioli in midfield ahead of Sunday’s friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
European footie fans are eagerly awaiting the start of the 2024 UEFA European Championship in June. As always, every team in the tournament has a shot at winning, but many wonder how far Italy will go after recent changes to the team amid a very competitive field.
Arrigo Sacchi hopes Italy players are ready to follow Luciano Spalletti but tells the Azzurri fans: ‘Don’t put pressure on them and don’t ask for the moon.’ Italy coach Spalletti named his 26-man squad list for Euro 2024 on Thursday, cutting the likes of Ivan Provedel, Samuele Ricci and Riccardo Orsolini.
Italy head coach Luciano Spalletti named his final 26-man squad for the 2024 European Championship on Thursday, with midfielder Nicolò Barella included despite missing their last game through injury.
Luciano Spalletti is set to announce his Italy squad for the upcoming European Championship, so which players are expected to be cut from the list? The guidelines for the tournament state that only 26 players can be included in the squad, forcing the coach and his staff to decide which three to cut from the 29-man preliminary squad.
Luciano Spalletti reflected on Italy’s friendly draw with Turkey, the condition of Nicolo Barella and his final Euro 2024 squad considerations. The Azzurri are gearing up for their final friendly ahead of the European Championship in Germany, facing Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 9th.
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Luciano Spalletti’s Italy showed a number of positives in their in-house friendly with the U20 squad, picking up a 3-1 win. The Azzurri left a little to
Antonio Conte is formally the new Napoli coach, coronating a lengthy chase. They wanted him last summer to succeed Luciano Spalletti already and then in November when Rudi Garcia got the boot.
Juventus midfielder Nicolo Fagioli admits he was surprised to receive a call-up for the Italian national after a seven-month hiatus. In an interview with the Azzurri’s social channels, the 23-year-old thanked Luciano Spalletti for his kind words, saying he can feel the coach has faith in him.
Luciano Spalletti has revealed that Inter Milan midfielder Nicolo Barella will miss this evening’s friendly between Italy & Turkey as a “precaution.” Speaking to Italian broadcaster RAI Radio, via FCInterNews, the Azzurri boss assured that the problem is nothing serious for Barella, and that he should be back to his best in a day or two.
Gianluca Scamacca is delighted proving his doubters wrong at Atalanta. The striker has finished the season helping La Dea win the Europa League and qualify for the Champions League.
Luciano Spalletti’s preparations for the 2024 European Championship have just begun, but Italy can’t catch a break. After an injury forced Inter veteran Francesco Acerbi to withdraw from the national team, Gli Azzurri’s morale has suffered another blow.
Luciano Spalletti has had to defend his decision to include Nicolo Fagioli in his preliminary squad for Euro 2024. The midfielder was banned for at least seven months after admitting to breaking betting rules.
Italy coach Luciano Spalletti can see Antonio Conte enjoying success with Napoli. Spalletti left Napoli after their 2022/23 title winning season. He said, Napoli has a great team, otherwise it wouldn't have been possible for me to do what I did there.
Italy coach Luciano Spalletti remains coy over why he left Napoli last summer. Spalletti walked away after leading Napoli to the Scudetto. He said: We had everything that we needed to follow up what we had won.
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