Spalletti: ‘Given how Italy have prepared, they are ready for England’

Luciano Spalletti has spoken to the media forward of Italy’s vital Euro 2024 qualifier in opposition to England at Wembley on Tuesday night, insisting that the Azzurri have performed every thing to arrange in the correct solution to face Gareth Southgate’s aspect. 

Italy at present sit second in Group C of qualifying on 10 factors from 5 video games, three factors behind England, who’ve performed the identical variety of matches. 

Although the highest two groups within the group will qualify straight for the match, Italy will should be cautious of Ukraine in third, who at present have the identical variety of factors, though they’ve performed one recreation extra to date. 

Spalletti, who is about to mark his fourth recreation in control of the Nazionale at Wembley, believes that England will present an enormous check that may present what stage the crew are at present at. 

“I think about it to be many issues. It’s a check to see the place we’re at, what stage we’re at, and it’ll assist me to grasp what our mindset is like, as a result of we shouldn’t expect a simple experience,” he instructed the media crew at Coverciano earlier than jetting off for London on Monday. 

He continued: “Staying in your consolation zone will kill all of your hopes and desires. In an effort to discover consolation, you have to expertise conditions that may make it easier to to develop and check your self so you may attain the next stage. 

“So, this is a vital recreation for us. A world-level participant should see this as a qualifying match and never take into consideration the fixtures that lie forward of us. As soon as the sport is over, that’s it. 

When requested what he expects to see from his crew on Tuesday evening, Spalletti replied: “Our perspective might be to go there and play brazenly. We wish to go there and present that we’ve got our personal historical past, our personal potential, our personal values. We’ll see who’s higher on the evening.”

Movies of Gianluigi Buffon firing up the squad on the finish of their coaching session on Monday have proved to be common with supporters on-line, and Spalletti believes that the thrill exhibits the extent of professionalism inside the camp. 

“That’s a part of our skilled strategy right here at Coverciano, as a result of they’re skilled individuals,” he mentioned. “I’ve seen that they’re dedicated, that they’re a prepared group, they’ve proven me that they’ve the correct mindset to play matches at this stage. 

“I’ve seen over the past 15 days that the important thing to success is having confidence in your self, and the important thing behind feeling assured is preparation.  Given how they’ve ready, they’re prepared.”