Spalletti: “We are ready to get our suit dirty”

“We dressed in Giorgio Armani,” she recalls. Luciano Spalletti before facing Spain in Gelsenkirchen, in the second match of the Euro Cup. “We will go with the same suit. We will play true to our style, with intensity. We will go out with the best suit we can, as Italians, but if we have to stain it, we will,” insisted the Italian coach.

Spalletti He went to the press room in sheep’s clothing. “We are putting ourselves to the test because we have in front of us one of the best football philosophies in the world. We have to finish without regrets.” The Azzurra coach considers the clash against Spain “one of the most important of my career.” And he delivered a message to his footballers. “We all have a story to tell and when players reach my age they have to tell stories of memories and this is a game that can give a story to tell in the future.”

Italy He has also changed his style, he tries to play the ball more although he is very versatile. “We have to be aggressive, and that means stepping up and putting more pressure on them. There are times when we have to know what to do and when we have to dig in.”

Spalletti praised Spain and he didn’t think he had changed his style. “Spain has a very recognizable identity, it creates a school. It is a team that has everything: everyone plays well. I am curious if they will be pressured from the goalkeeper and see how we will respond to pressure like that,” he commented. In addition, he analyzed the first crash. “They beat Croatia with pressure and intensity. Croatia disconnected and made the most of it. Spain played very well. We have to recognize very quickly what they want to do in each game.”

Beyond that, he emphasized that “we should not think that we are worse” and reduced the euphoria of the Spanish: “Spain is one of the best performers, but there are other countries. Let’s not exaggerate this, we need step by step,” he said.