Euro 2024, Italy: Gianluca Scamacca responds to critics

Gianluca Scamacca is not hiding

In the press conference called for Thursday in Iserlohn, the headquarters of the retreat where the Azzurri are preparing for the Euro 2024 competitions, spoke Gianluca Scamacca, a striker who, thanks to his performance in the last part of the season with Atalanta, has found the Italy jersey again, convincing the technical commissioner Luciano Spalletti.

Scamacca immediately wanted to follow up on the words of Gigi Buffon, according to whom Italy is underestimated by insiders: "Ours è a young group, protagonist of a new cycle, but we feel ready and I am convinced that our strength will come out precisely in these European Championships. I am fine, I want to help the team get as far as possible".

The Roman striker è then returned to the adjective "lazy" that Luciano Spalletti himself had used to describe him, before the coach clarified that it was a spur towards him. "I don’t feel lazy, the coach wanted to say many things with a single word: he did it to stimulate me, for me it’s fine like thatì. I always try my best".

Another response è then came towards those who accuse him of a lack of 'badness' on the field: "This è a phrase I have often heard – said Scamacca – but I try to always be useful to the team. Every game è different, in some you have more space in others you are more blocked: the important thing is to contribute to the victory, even if it happens not to score".