Roberto De Zerbi spills the beans from Alessandro Cattelan on the national team
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Roberto De Zerbi returned to speak on Alessandro Cattelan’s podcast: “It’s a period when we struggle to churn out players of a certain level. Surely something must be going wrong. I am no one to say whose fault it is, certainly not all the coaches who are coming on the bench”.
“In the long run I think it is no longer the time of Totti, Del Piero, Inzaghi, Montella or Vieri, where you didn’t know who to bring. Now these things have it’France has it, Spain has it. But Italy doesn’t. “Italy has some strong players like Barella, Bastoni, Tonali and Locatelli. However, it is a period when we cannot churn out a certain level”.
“Against Norway there was no mentality or self-love, and that is also part of the level. What happened: Italy goes to Norway, where it is colder and finds a very strong team. The championship ended yesterday and the season was heavy: it is not easy for everyone to prepare for a game like that”. “I always start with the player and you struggle now to find talent. I really think the level is low”.
