Luciano Spalletti is already thinking about England: his prediction

Now the Wembley match will come with a new level of confidence.

Luciano Spalletti smiles on an Italy side that beat Malta with a roundabout 4-0 victory and potentially can hoist itself to the top of Group C of the Euro 2024 qualifiers. In case of a victory at Wembley in the match against England next Tuesday, in fact, it will be hooking up in the standings.

"We can go up against each other and lì find out what our potential is, Spalletti told the microphones of 'Rai', framing a challenge against England that now becomes decidedly tantalizing for an Italy that has finally appeared to be on the rise.

"The group is growing well,” Spalletti in fact stressed, “The weight of this victory coincides with the 3 points we won, without underestimating the commitment and without the match ever really being in question. Meanwhile, I see in the boys the desire to know each other better and better and to play good football".

With so many absences to deal with, Spalletti revived Bonaventura (author of the first goal), Berardi (who scored two) and Kean. And about the latter, the Italy coach said: "He played great as an outside player. He made his physicality felt and he è fought on every ball. He will be able to come in very useful, so I wanted to congratulate him".