Francesco Acerbi: Luciano Spalletti returns to'attack

Luciano Spalletti spoke to Sky Sport microphones on the eve of Norway-Italy. “We are all here nice and happy to go and play a game of this level. There’s always the hand that swings between the tension and the difficulty of the match on a mental level, but also of the beauty and the’attraction for something unique that you”re going to play.

“The emergency? Everyone will be involved, those who will not play tomorrow will play the’other game. Sometimes the strongest players are employed at the end of the game because in the final minutes more and more games are decided. They often go to have the strongest players take the last penalties, because there is more tension there. We are in a position to play a great game”.

He then returned to the Acerbi case: “One day he will explain to me where I disrespected him and I will tell him what I think about respect and what he did to me and to the national team above all. The likI think Mancini had his phone stolen and someone is putting like on him to make him look bad and make him look bad. That’s something that can happen, phones get hacked and I think that’s what happened.

“This with Norway is the most important game because it is the one that can take us to the World Cup. It will be played with all possible qualities” concluded the national team coach, who will take the field on Friday night at 8:45 p.m. at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo.