After the victory in Estonia, the Italian coach is already looking ahead: “We have the mission of growing game after game in self-esteem and in the mechanics of the game”
“We’ll play a lot on Tuesday because by winning we’ll be able to put Israel out of the game and prepare well for the playoff we’ll have to play.” After the 3-1 success in Estonia, which gives Italy the match ball to secure (at least) participation in the World Cup play-offs, Rino Gattuso is already looking further ahead. “We need to recover well because history says we struggle in the second match. I thank the boys for their commitment and desire, we are continuing on the path of what I see during the week – continues the Italian coach hotly at the Rai -. The important thing is to create, then there’s the risk of missing goals or penalties.”
Estonia-Italy, Gattuso speaks
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The coach then focuses on the next objectives. “We have the mission to grow game after game, feel good together, work and improve in belief – he adds -. The important thing is to have this spirit: we can make a little mistake, but I’m very happy: we just have to improve in self-esteem and in our mechanisms”. The closing is dedicated to Kean, victim of a bad ankle sprain. “Let’s see, we’re sorry about the injury: let’s hope it’s nothing serious because we need everyone – explains Gattuso -. Pio Esposito, however, despite only being in his second match for the Azzurri, came in really well”. And precisely on the Inter center forward, the coach is even clearer: “He deserves everything, when you see a boy of this age, with little experience, who goes for every ball as if it were the ball of his life… It’s incredible, when he comes to tie the game he makes very few mistakes, he gives quantity: he’s a boy who makes himself loved and I’m sure he doesn’t lose his head: he looks like a thirty-year-old, he’s really a lot of stuff – he concludes Sky -. He must continue, he must improve: he has education, discipline and respect. Now it’s up to us and it’s up to him.”