Series A
Which Italian footballers play video games?
Italy coach Luciano Spalletti banned the usage of PlayStation throughout Euro 2024, however which Italian footballers play video video games repeatedly?
Italy will journey to Germany in the summertime to defend their European champion standing, and Spalletti has warned his gamers that they gained’t be allowed to make use of PlayStation throughout their free time.
“Any more they go away their PlayStations at residence and not convey them,” the Azzurri boss informed Gazzetta in February.
“I’ll invent slightly sport for them to consider to distract themselves at evening. They arrive to me, and I give them homework to do within the night if the daytime homework isn’t sufficient. As a result of within the nationwide group, you keep on observe, focus, don’t fiddle.”
As revealed by ExpressVPN many athletes, together with footballers, are huge video players, however which Italian footballers repeatedly use PlayStation of their free time?
If we take a look at gamers who’ve an opportunity to be referred to as up for the upcoming Euros, it’s unimaginable to not point out Lazio captain Ciro Motionless. The skilled striker loves enjoying soccer video video games, and his spouse, Jessica, usually jokes about this on social media.
Milan defender Alessandro Florenzi can be a gamer. Sky Sport Italia had revealed that a couple of years in the past when the Milan defender was enjoying for Italy U21, he purchased a 36″ TV because the screens contained in the Azzurri’s lodge rooms have been unsuitable for enjoying video video games. Florenzi even performed PlayStation together with his new TV at an airport as a result of Italy U21’s flight was late.
Gianluigi Donnarumma usually performed together with his brother Antonio at Milan. Generally he nonetheless posts movies on Instagram whereas utilizing PlayStation or transportable consoles.
Don’t assume that solely younger generations of footballers play video video games. Italy World Cup winners Alessandro Nesta and Andrea Pirlo beloved enjoying video video games and would usually play 1v1 as the web mode was nonetheless unavailable within the early 2000s.
Pirlo as soon as revealed that he and Nesta used to eat as rapidly as potential so they might return to their lodge rooms to play for so long as they might.
Rumours again then advised Nesta even suffered a tendon damage to his thumb due to extreme online game time, however the ex-Milan, Lazio, and Italy defender denied it throughout an interview with La Repubblica newspaper a couple of years in the past.
“It’s true that I used to play a lot that I might spend hours in entrance of the TV, difficult my teammates, and even alone at residence. However in that case, it was totally different. I had damage myself in a Champions League sport, a tendon damage, all documented. The restoration was slower than anticipated, so any individual put this story out. I nonetheless get upset after I give it some thought.” Spalletti’s males certainly gained’t face the identical drawback this summer time.
