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Spalletti: Italy coach notes German football changed ‘after Guardiola’

19Mar

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Spalletti: Italy coach notes German football changed ‘after Guardiola’

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MARCH 15: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola looks on during the Premier League match between Manchester City FC and Brighton & Hove Albion FC at Etihad Stadium on March 15, 2025 in Manchester, England. Italy coach Luciano Spalletti praises his German counterpart Julian Nagelsmann and notes German football ‘changed’ after Pep Guardiola: ‘They used to focus more on physicality.’ The Azzurri coach held a press conference on Wednesday to preview the first leg of the Nations League quarter-final between Italy and Germany. Spalletti provided the latest injury updates on the Azzurri front, revealing that he may only call up a replacement for Mateo Retegui for the second-leg game. A German reporter asked Spalletti about his thoughts on Germany coach Nagelsmann, and th...

Spalletti: ‘Italy could not have done more,’ takes blame off Pellegrini

Luciano Spalletti concedes the red card ‘threw everything out the window’ in Italy’s 2-2 draw with Belgium, but takes some of the blame off Lorenzo Pellegrini for that incident. ‘We could not have done more.’ They had got off to the ideal start at the Stadio Olimpico when Andrea Cambiaso put the ball in the net within 61 seconds, followed soon after by Mateo Retegui’s tap-in from another save on Cambiaso. However, with the Azzurri seemingly in complete and total control at 2-0, Pellegrini lunged into a red card offence on Arthur Theate and Italy went down to 10 men, allowing Maxim De Cuyper and Leandro Trossard to equalise for Belgium. “There are incidents that can throw everything you prepared and did out the window,” confessed Spalletti in his press conference. “We must be better at reac...

Spalletti ‘convinced Italy quality can control France game’

Luciano Spalletti explains his surprise picks as Italy take on France in the Nations League with only one centre-forward and big changes in midfield. ‘I am convinced we can control the game with our quality.’It kicks off at Parc des Princes in Paris at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT). This is the opening fixture of the Nations League group, which also includes Belgium and Israel.Spalletti explains Azzurri changes“We must be ambitious in this job and this type of fixture can give you a short-cut to success,” Spalletti told RAI Sport. Some of his decisions were rather surprising, for example Andrea Cambiaso of Juventus on the right flank of a 3-5-2 and Lorenzo Pellegrini instead of striker Giacomo Raspadori in support of lone centre-forward Mateo Retegui.What was the thinking behind this ide...