Italy, anxiety grows for Nicolò Barella: Gigi Buffon explains the situation and makes an important comparison
The condition of Nicolò Barella
continues to worry.
Eight days away from the start of Italy's path to Euro 2024 (Saturday, June 15 at 9 p.m. against Albania), the physical condition of Nicolò Barella continues to worry: the Inter midfielder is struggling with a rectus femoris strain, and although he has cashed the confidence of coach Luciano Spalletti.coach Luciano Spalletti, who has included him in the list of 26 players called up, he may not be available for the start of the continental review.
In this regard, on the sidelines of an event organized by Lega Serie A, the team manager of the national team, Gianluigi Buffon, tried to outline the situation: "Today or tomorrow he will undergo decisive examinations – said the former Azzurri goalkeeper -. I gave the guys the example of Gattuso at the 2006 World Cup: they wanted to send him back home because he was not well, then we know how it went. Nicolò canò take a similar path".
Federcalcio president Gabriele Gravina, too, è confident that Barella's injury may not be impactful for himself and the destinies of the national team: "His condition worries us a bit' – said the number one of Italian soccer – but not excessively".
Barella, 27, è has been in the senior national team since 2018, when he still wore the Cagliari shirt at club level. Since then he has racked up 53 appearances while scoring 9 goals.He was a key participant in Euro 2020 (an event held in 2021 due to Covid), playing two group stage matches and all the knockout matches of the competition won by Italy itself in the final against England at Wembley.
