Italy coach Luciano Spalletti on qualifying for UEFA Euro 2024 after draw with Ukraine
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00:00 [inaudible]
00:02 We'll start the press conference right away.
00:17 After the game with Luciano Spalletti.
00:19 Questions?
00:20 We'll start with Fabrizio Patania, with Erosport, who's down here.
00:27 Presidente Gravina said we'd made a commitment with the Italians.
00:30 I wanted to understand his satisfaction
00:32 because in the end the result counts.
00:34 It was important, given how we've been doing in the last three months
00:38 and how we could develop a game that had been dominated for 60-70 minutes.
00:42 It seems like a correct analysis.
00:45 I heard his colleagues say
00:49 "We did it, but then there's a lot of fear."
00:54 From the moment I arrived, he said
00:59 "This is fundamental, this is very important.
01:03 We're all tied to this step, then the next one here."
01:10 I think he made a correct analysis.
01:21 We had to qualify, given the recent past.
01:27 When you know the consequences of so many situations
01:33 like we've had in this period,
01:35 it's not easy to make the right decisions.
01:45 I've learned a lot since I started this new job.
01:52 I think I know a bit more now.
01:56 I've agreed to come and play this role
02:03 to qualify,
02:07 not to find excuses for a possible non-qualifier.
02:11 I'm satisfied, because after a result like this
02:17 you have the chance to work.
02:21 The real work starts now.
02:24 I have the chance to work now.
02:28 It's normal.
02:37 I had to accept this role.
02:41 I had to qualify.
02:47 We have a question about the Ukrainian players.
02:58 Do they need a translation?
03:00 Can they only speak Italian?
03:02 Yes, they can.
03:05 We have a question about Mr. Gravina's words,
03:11 about the responsibility on Mr. Spalletti,
03:17 about the game, how it went,
03:20 and whether he's satisfied with the result.
03:23 Mr. Spalletti said that I heard from your colleagues
03:30 that you did it, you came,
03:34 but you were afraid.
03:36 I think it's connected with the beginning,
03:40 how we started, our selection.
03:45 We had to qualify in this difficult time.
03:52 It's difficult to make the right choice.
03:55 I knew little at first,
03:59 I didn't know much,
04:01 but now I know much more.
04:03 I'm satisfied with the result,
04:06 and it gives me the chance to work further.
04:10 I accepted this role,
04:13 with the goal that Italy would win,
04:16 and it did.
04:18 We have a question from Bocci,
04:21 Curro and Vanali.
04:23 Then we'll have a translation.
04:25 Luciano, congratulations.
04:28 I wanted to know,
04:30 starting from what you said,
04:32 after six games,
04:34 it seems that the national team did its job,
04:37 and it gave you some contradictory signals.
04:41 Sometimes it was the defence,
04:43 and today it was very little.
04:45 Maybe the attack,
04:47 because in the first 60 minutes
04:49 Fabrizio Dominati was missing the goal.
04:51 What was your analysis of the first six games,
04:55 and where do you start
04:57 to do a good job as a European?
05:01 Thank you.
05:03 As you said,
05:05 in the first half,
05:08 we had the chance to take the lead several times.
05:12 It's clear that for the kind of result,
05:17 the kind of table you get,
05:22 if you don't take the lead,
05:25 you have to suffer in that way.
05:28 There's no other way.
05:32 I knew it.
05:34 That's why I left the two physical points out,
05:38 because it would have been a ball
05:42 that would have been thrown back and forth.
05:47 It's all quite normal.
05:51 What happened,
05:53 if you don't take the lead in those 60 minutes,
05:57 you can't score?
05:59 In this period,
06:01 I needed to assess many things,
06:04 to realise,
06:06 or to learn from others.
06:11 For example,
06:15 we never had Bonjorn with us,
06:18 because he was always unlucky.
06:20 Bonjorn showed that he was a champion.
06:23 That's his role.
06:25 With the sign after five minutes.
06:28 These are all things that you need to have,
06:34 the chance to learn more.
06:37 Finding players in your own teams,
06:43 adapting to a different formation,
06:48 finding Barrella good at coming to the midfield
06:53 and building the three midfielders with the two,
06:56 not taking the free-kicks.
06:59 I saw things,
07:01 the availability,
07:03 and the team showed the knowledge
07:07 that will be important for our future.
07:10 And then, guys,
07:12 we got to this point,
07:14 and it's true,
07:16 the result with Macedonia,
07:18 which probably,
07:20 even if we had never won in the last three years,
07:22 it's true that you have to win with Macedonia.
07:25 Even if you won that one,
07:27 it's the same thing tonight,
07:29 and it's a sign that we found a very strong Ukraine
07:32 that did its job to the end.
07:35 Because then,
07:37 this game,
07:39 you have to bring it home in this way,
07:42 even if,
07:44 considering that you tried to play,
07:50 and we deserved it in the first half,
07:54 I would have expected something surprising against England,
07:59 which I couldn't do.
08:02 The question was that,
08:10 the question was that,
08:12 the work is just starting,
08:16 let's say,
08:18 after six months of what happened.
08:25 The defense is good now,
08:28 but could you comment on the six games that have passed?
08:34 We had an answer,
08:36 the coach said that we had an opportunity to realize the advantage.
08:40 At first, of course, we started,
08:42 the team started with difficulties,
08:44 but then, in this game,
08:46 we had a lot of chances,
08:48 and it's not normal,
08:50 if you can't score a goal in 60 minutes.
08:56 As for the players I brought to the team,
09:01 I have to say about Alessandro Bongiorno,
09:07 who was injured,
09:09 and then the yellow card at the 5th minute.
09:12 I found players in different teams,
09:15 for example, Barrelo,
09:17 to build a very good middle line,
09:21 and thanks to certain decisions that I made,
09:25 we got to this match.
09:28 Of course, the result with Macedonia,
09:31 which we had to win,
09:33 and we won,
09:35 but it's not the same as what happened today with Ukraine.
09:40 Ukraine did its duty well,
09:43 and we were able to lose some time in the 5th minute.
09:49 Two quick questions.
09:57 Since you're starting to work immediately for the future,
10:01 have you obtained the thing you asked for,
10:03 for example, the app,
10:05 this use of technology?
10:07 Are there any new requests in the program,
10:10 and what kind of friendship will you ask for in March?
10:14 That's something we've created to stay closer together,
10:20 to be able to,
10:24 as we've said several times,
10:28 to try to form a group.
10:32 We want to try to get closer to the national team
10:38 as much as possible,
10:40 to what you do in a club.
10:42 We want to try to put together a group of players
10:47 that, as you build in a club,
10:50 remain in contact,
10:53 that have the possibility to feel each other,
10:57 and above all, to meet me several times.
11:01 I won't wait until March to go and meet my players.
11:05 I'll go and see the training sessions.
11:07 At the end of the training sessions,
11:09 I'll ask them to go out to dinner together,
11:11 and to have in their hands their thoughts on many things,
11:16 because we have some serious players in the national team.
11:21 They've shown us that there are many serious players,
11:24 serious footballers in our national team.
11:27 So I want to go and meet them
11:31 after there's the tranquility of a result
11:34 where you can become more in contact
11:40 and have the possibility to let them express themselves,
11:44 because they probably have things to say.
11:48 In addition, as we've said before,
11:51 we'll do the training sessions with a drone,
11:54 because we need images of the training sessions.
11:57 Because we're not together so much,
12:03 we need to follow their behaviour.
12:07 So everyone has downloaded this app,
12:12 and we download all the training sessions every day.
12:17 But then we need a nice, clear image.
12:20 Now, looking from the terrace of Coverciano,
12:27 it becomes a very flat perspective.
12:31 You can't go out from the other side,
12:33 you can't do anything from above.
12:37 You have to have two cameras close to the pitch.
12:40 Or you can go and...
12:44 We want to give shape to the national team.
12:48 We're going to play the game of shapes,
12:50 we're going to shape things.
12:52 Because we need this, we need it.
12:56 We needed the support of a result
13:01 that would bring us back to the football that matters.
13:04 And now we've got it.
13:06 Because, as everyone has said,
13:10 without Italy, it would have been difficult
13:16 to create important growth assumptions.
13:24 I ask my friends to be as difficult as possible,
13:28 because you have to play against that kind of thing.
13:33 Otherwise...
13:35 Then there are some players who need it.
13:41 We have some here who don't play the cup.
13:44 When do you get the experience to be at the level?
13:48 When do they feel the real wolf bite?
13:51 To play on difficult pitches
13:55 against international champions.
13:59 Translation and then I'll analyze.
14:03 Two questions, please.
14:07 A question, he'll play for sure.
14:09 Please.
14:10 No, no, no, thanks.
14:13 Translate?
14:15 No, no, no, we're talking to him.
14:17 Sorry, I didn't understand.
14:19 Okay.
14:21 The question was about the beginning of the work on the future
14:27 and what new conditions will be set for the players in connection with it.
14:32 And also the second question was about
14:35 what friendly matches in March the coach would like to see and play.
14:42 We want to create a game
14:45 and get closer to the team model,
14:49 to its structure,
14:51 which is getting closer to the club's structure.
14:55 I go to training, I watch the guys,
14:59 then I have dinner with them, talk to them,
15:01 build certain relations with them.
15:04 And I want to say that there are a lot of very good players in our team.
15:08 I want to show that I work on the relations with them.
15:12 Of course, there are already trainings with drones.
15:21 Everyone has a corresponding relationship.
15:25 And we should follow this drone,
15:32 for their work,
15:35 especially when we can gather them very often
15:43 and see how they work together.
15:46 There was a very nice picture in Kovrchano.
15:51 What we want to do with the national team,
15:54 we want to form it,
15:57 to group and form it,
16:00 to maintain the constant result.
16:06 As for the future,
16:09 it was said that without Italy,
16:13 it is difficult to see the future without Italy,
16:19 if Italy does not play in the Euro.
16:22 And of course, when players gain experience,
16:26 if they constantly play in the Euro,
16:30 here they can see how a real wolf can bite.
16:39 This is how they gain experience.
16:42 (Italian translation)
16:56 Raspadori, how did he do?
16:58 I don't see why.
17:04 In the first half, he played the other game.
17:09 Because if we have to do the analysis,
17:17 two days to recover and play another game,
17:21 there are not many guys.
17:23 Until the game, I did the brainwashing,
17:26 the opposite thing.
17:28 And then no one trained these two days,
17:32 because you can't train.
17:34 I walked on the pitch,
17:35 I showed him how to walk.
17:37 So, first of all, he has to thank me
17:40 because I made him play again.
17:43 No, I answer to her,
17:46 to you, to her.
17:49 Yes, because,
17:51 what can I say?
17:54 He had the first half,
17:55 where we were all in the penalty area,
17:59 the game in development,
18:02 it shows that
18:07 you need a player
18:09 who is a head finisher,
18:11 because they are all in the penalty area
18:14 and you need an alternative.
18:16 You don't have two strong heads,
18:18 or physical players on the bench,
18:20 so you have to play one.
18:22 And you see the development.
18:24 We haven't improved,
18:28 but we haven't gotten worse,
18:30 because Scamacca has beaten himself.
18:32 He wasn't at his level tonight,
18:37 but he has beaten himself.
18:39 And then, Berardi,
18:44 I have three players,
18:47 I have called three in this role.
18:49 The last game,
18:51 from what I saw,
18:54 he was very tired,
18:56 because I replaced him
18:58 when he was very tired.
19:00 It was a moment
19:02 that everyone expected
19:06 when I replaced him,
19:08 he was tired.
19:09 Then I have Politano,
19:10 who scored five goals in the league,
19:12 like Berardi.
19:13 I have Zaniolo,
19:14 who has that body,
19:16 which is something more
19:18 for these games.
19:19 We saw it in the last 20 minutes,
19:21 what it means to have physicality
19:23 on a pitch,
19:25 in a football of this level.
19:27 We haven't seen it tonight,
19:29 that physicality is an important component.
19:32 So, I have done things
19:34 without creating difficulties for anyone.
19:39 I have made assessments,
19:42 for what I have seen,
19:44 for what I know,
19:46 for what I thought
19:48 would end the game.
19:51 Actually, I have scored five goals
19:53 when they scored the two goals,
19:55 but I wanted to go a little earlier,
19:57 because we didn't play anymore,
19:59 even Politano,
20:00 I put him in and then I take him out.
20:02 He can say his own thing,
20:04 because at that point
20:07 there was no need
20:09 for someone who didn't play anymore.
20:12 There were continuous physical duels,
20:15 it had become a flying battle,
20:20 the ball was in the air,
20:24 it was a physical battle,
20:26 the ball was in the air,
20:27 it was a physical battle.
20:29 I am sorry if I have been oppressed,
20:33 but I have done what I had to do
20:36 in my role.
20:38 I have five substitutions,
20:43 you can say which one is wrong,
20:47 which one is right,
20:49 based on the result.
20:50 It becomes easy to play that game.
20:55 But I will make the substitutions,
20:59 they have given me the chance.
21:02 The question was about
21:12 Raspadori.
21:18 How did he accept what happened,
21:21 and also about other players
21:24 who played in this match.
21:27 I don't know how Raspadori
21:30 accepted what happened.
21:32 Two days of recovery is not enough.
21:35 He should thank me
21:38 for putting him in this game.
21:41 I washed his bowl,
21:43 but I didn't wash his bowl.
21:46 I washed his bowl,
21:48 but I didn't wash his bowl.
21:50 He walked on the field.
21:52 He should thank me
21:55 for playing today.
21:57 In the first half,
21:59 we were sitting in the penalty area.
22:02 Then, about Bernardi.
22:07 There were three players,
22:09 I took them all.
22:11 I want to say that he was very tired
22:14 and I decided to substitute him.
22:17 I did that substitution,
22:19 because I thought so.
22:21 Danilo has a great physical condition.
22:26 He is the most suitable for such matches
22:29 as today.
22:31 He can give the result
22:34 that was needed.
22:36 What I saw,
22:38 yes, there are problems with physical condition
22:41 regarding Politano.
22:43 I have a right to say
22:45 why I substitute him.
22:47 I don't know if he will be offended.
22:50 It's my decision.
22:52 I have five substitutions.
22:54 I can change it right or wrong.
22:57 But I need to judge by the result.
23:01 We are done.
23:03 The coach wanted to conclude.
23:05 I saw that Cristante
23:14 put his foot near
23:16 Mudric's foot.
23:18 He touched the ball
23:20 and went behind it.
23:22 But Cristante put his foot next to it.
23:25 He didn't touch it.
23:27 He is already in the lead
23:30 when he touches the ball.
23:32 He decides to anticipate
23:34 and then to have the impact.
23:36 But you can see that he put his foot
23:38 next to it, not above it.
23:40 I wanted to thank all our fans
23:45 for the warmth they gave us
23:49 in all those three matches in Italy
23:52 that we played.
23:54 All three stadiums were full
23:58 and they gave us warmth and enthusiasm.
24:01 Tonight, we played
24:03 with the Italian fans
24:05 in Germany.
24:07 We could play behind
24:09 the Italian fans
24:12 who are very popular here.
24:14 We thank them.
24:16 It will be a good experience
24:19 because we will see each other again.
24:21 We will play here.
24:23 Thank you all.
24:25 Thank you all.
24:27 I remind you that on December 2nd,
24:29 Hamburg, 6.18pm,
24:31 the European Cup final will be drawn.
24:33 I will translate.
24:35 In the last episode with Cristante,
24:37 there was a question.
24:39 He put his foot next to Mudric's foot,
24:41 but he didn't touch it.
24:43 There was no attack.
24:45 I thank our fans for the warmth
24:48 they gave us in all those three matches.
24:51 It allowed us to feel enthusiasm and warmth.
24:54 I also thank all the Italian fans
24:56 for the attention and support
24:58 they gave us.
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