Carlo Ancelotticoach of real Madridspoke about Bellingham and the ‘Betting Case’ that has rocked Italy ahead of Tuesday’s England-Italy decider at Wembley.
The Italian coach knows Bellingham, his student at the white club, well. “The one from Englandrra will be a match that will test the state of Italy at the moment. The new cycle of Luciano Spalletti It started well, but tomorrow it has an important match that will tell us where Italy is,” he explained.
“And how to stop Bellingham? It’s a good question, it’s a good moment. Soccer is a team sport. Bellingham will certainly do its thing for England and Italy will respond with its characteristics, with its players, with its qualities…”, he said.
The coach also compared the development of young talents in Spain and Italy. “In Spanish football, they encourage you to bring in young players from the youth academy more than in Italian football. It is also a question of cycles, of better generations compared to others. Italy is now suffering from the lack of young forwards, but we have to wait a little,” he reflected.
Ancelotti also spoke about ‘Betting case‘ that broke out last week in Italy over the involvement of some football players in illegal betting was an “individual oversight” and that “involved in all Italian football” seems to be “exaggerated.”
The Italians Niccolo Fagioli (Juventus), Nicolo Zaniolo (Aston Villa) and Sandro Tonali (Newcastle) is being formally investigated by Turin Prosecutor’s Office for betting on unauthorized online sites and, if they are found to have done so in football matches, something prohibited in sports, the punishment is at least three years away from the playing fields.
“This is a serious oversight on the part of players who have fallen into this gambling system and need to be treated. On a scientific level, gambling addiction is a disease,” he said on the radio program ‘Radio Anch’io Sport’.
“That said, for me it is an individual administration and involving all the Italian football seems to me exaggerated. Justice will take its course, for me it seems like an oversight of some men who violated a quite clear rule in sports: you can’t “bet. To those who dedicate themselves to it, it is very clear. They warn you before every season in all countries that this is a banned game,” he added.
“The responsibility of young footballers today is different from what I had. Today the young footballer has a whole structure behind him between family members and agents who manage his career. For all of them the responsibility is increasing. Most of them are serious young people, professionals, who know very well what rules they must respect,” he said.
The situation of Milan and Naples
Furthermore, he spoke about the situations of Milan and of Naples. “Milan made a big market and took players with experience like Pulisic or Loftus-Cheek, interesting young people. Not counting the derby (they lost 5-1 against Inter), they are doing well, even in Europe. In the fight for the ‘Scudetto’, in addition to Inter, there will be Naples and ‘Juve’, which without the European competitions may have something to say,” he said.
“Rudi Garcia (Naples coach) has difficulties that all coaches experience. If you don’t win, they kick you out. Napoli changed their coach, they signed García, who had his own ideas and needed some time to implement them. He is a capable, serious, professional coach, he has done well in Italy. “It will only be a moment,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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