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22.45 – Alberico Evani’s press conference after the match against Poland is scheduled to take place shortly at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia.
Evani takes the floor. “Those were complicated days, but it comes easy when you are dealing with guys like ours. Before the players come extraordinary human qualities. There is no need to talk, they know and understand. Anyone who had been in my place would have had help. Simplified. The merits? I always try to do my job to the maximum, but even at the first press conference I said I wanted to be credible. I’m glad they gave so much, because that’s what all of the staff asked for. “
Is it the best match of the Mancini era? “This team is used to making good performances, we still get little because we could have been more concrete tonight. They are not the only ones where they played a good game, tonight we were almost perfect. When you are in difficulty you are much more careful”.
In this team there are many absent: Chiellini, Bonucci, Chiesa, Verratti, Immobile … “We know we have a group that is growing. Our national youth teams are doing very well, when we have some complications we can draw from there. With the right experience they can be a help.”
They don’t shoot much on goal, Berardi’s goal comes after a sophisticated construction from behind. Are these signs of what? “These solutions that we try and try again, we look for the development of the game. The gap between the lines was almost perfect, the aggression was remarkable. They were used to playing at our pace and not theirs. It is the work that pays off. , despite the limited time. When one puts into it passion, intelligence, ability, that little time is enough “.
Locatelli played an excellent match. “He knows how to do the two phases, manage the ball. He is a boy with a great perspective.”
Is the head of the players freer in the national team? “That’s what we ask, to give your best without sparing yourself. They have learned this pace over time, even in these days they have committed themselves to trying to obtain it. We hope to keep it in the next one. I don’t know if they are more free or relaxed, serene. I know they come with great enthusiasm, they care about us, they give us great satisfaction “.
To finish with a win in Bosnia would get you to the finals. After two years, do you want to compete with the big boys? “We know very well that in football and in life what you have done no longer counts tomorrow. What we do on Wednesday will count. The first thing to think about is recovering mental and physical energy, we would like to end with a flourish. We made a lot of effort … Then we will have to deal with the most important and renowned teams. In the meantime we prepare ourselves, that moment we want to reach the top. Compared to before we are aware that we are a great group, a great team that needs to improve. The steps taken are many, not they are afraid of making more fear and sacrifices “.
Can Barella be called a champion? “I’ve had him for many years, you could already see that he could arrive like this, now he’s matured. He’s complete, he’s tidy, he’s got a leg up. He’s a modern player.
Is the midfield of international level to play with the big names? “Yes, he is top level, both in the starting three and in the substitutes. We have six to eight players of the highest level, if one is missing it makes no difference.”
When you see the big ones, what is missing? “Honestly, we don’t look at others so much, we are focused on ourselves. We are not that far away, this time, between now and June, will serve to increase our growth and reduce the gap”.
23.30 – End of Evani’s press conference.
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