Italy, here we go. Gattuso and Donnarumma: "If we are not beautiful it’s okay"

On the eve of the most important national team match in recent years, Gennaro Gattuso and Gianluigi Donnarumma express confidence. “There is the awareness that on Tuesday against Bosnia we play a lot, we know it well, we play against a strong team, with quality players, strong physically and for this we need a great Italy,” Ringhio explained in a press conference.

“Who plays soccer lives for nights like these, there is no more beautiful thing. We are playing for a lot but we have to be good at putting in all the energy we have without thinking too much about anything else. We feel we have a great responsibility however we have to look the players in the eyes and transmit great confidence because we have a chance to achieve this goal. In the last seven months we have grown a lot even if we are perhaps less beautiful, but that’s okay,” continued the Italy coach.

On the match that awaits the Azzurri: “It will be a very physical game, they have quality outfielders and two forwards who move well on crosses. They are a real team. When we get the ball we will need courage. There is no difference between Wales and Bosnia: we respect our opponents,” he said, closing on the issue of the jubilation of some Azzurri in Bergamo after Bosnia’s victory in Cardiff.

At his side in the press conference was Gianluigi Donnarumma, who echoed him: “I am really proud of everything I have done with the national team, in these years there have been joys and sorrows, I missed two World Cups but now there is a desire to bring Italy back to where it deserves to be. Only we know what we went through when we didn’t qualify, we have to restart from there to bring Italy back to where it deserves to give a great joy to the Italians but also to all of us.”

“We are human beings and this match is felt, we want to go to the World Cup but there is the right tension. We are charged up and we have to think about us and what we can do.”