Euro 2024, Luciano Spalletti claims a “giant and heroic” Italy

The words of Luciano Spalletti ahead of the challenge with Albania

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On the eve of the Euro 2024 debut against Albania, Italy coach Luciano Spalletti, among other topics, expressed his feelings a few hours before the official start of the competition. In addition, the former Napoli coach wanted to charge his boys through clear messages.

"The emotion from my point of view è a lot, but as the hours go by this turns into positive energy. We are in a great place playing a beautiful competition. The match è difficult becauseé Sylvinho gave Albania a great balance and we will play against players who know Serie A very well: Ramadani, Asllani, Bajrami. I expect a very tough match" began the coach of Italy.

"The boys must take the field knowing that at this moment we are giants and heroes. We represent the dream of every Italian who, as a child, would leave school with the ball under his arm and come home at night sweaty and with skinned knees. For our fans we are an example, so we cannot fail to give our best in every match and show that we are afraid to play soccer. We have little time, but with a group with this willingness and spirit of sacrifice everything becomes easier and what we learn in one training session is equivalent to ten sessions with clubs" continued the former Napoli coach.

"It will beà beautiful to play a game for our country with the coat of arms of Italy on our chest in this stadium. There will be many fans of our opponents, but we will be able to count on 60 thousand supporters who we will ask to play along with us. There will be ten fixed rôles and them all over the field to make their support and warmth" added the former Roma coach.

"He's the one who can do the most things of all Barella, he has a free and clean soccer and we count on him. It's chirao that forò he still has to do well in today's training and tomorrow morning, then we will decide" concluded Luciano Spalletti regarding the condition of the blue midfielder.