Italy towards challenge with France: Didier Deschamps speaks out

Everlasting opponents should not be underestimated.

Italy to be faced with great seriousness, despite the problems of recent months and years: with this spirit France will play against the Azzurri next Friday’s challenge valid for the Nations League. This is guaranteed by Bleus coach Didier Deschamps, who urged his players and the rest of the country not to underestimate the commitment against the historic rival.

"Italy remains Italy, that is, one of the best national teams in all of Europe,” Deschamps cautioned at the press conference. “Compared to when they won the title of champions at Euro 2020 there's definitely a gap, but they remain one of the strongest teams on the continental level".

The results of Luciano Spalletti’s national team at the recent European Championship 2024, in short, should not lead France to take Friday’s engagement in Saint-Denis under consideration. "They came out early, but I did not follow them well since I did not face them. Definitely some difficulties were there, but just because of that they changed several players. Certainly the fact that they were eliminated prematurely led their coach to do some thinking. It was inevitable", Deschamps stressed.

"Some difficulties" there" have been, but Italy" as always a great national team. I have also talked about it with Spalletti,” Deschamps added. “Now I want to see some of their last matches, to understand how best to face them".