The coach: “In the first half we made life difficult for ourselves, we were too slow.” The scorer of the 1-0: “After the goal, freer in the head, from now on always positive”
Gattuso’s face is still suffering, the joy of the victory will come but first there is the tension to be released. “We knew we had to work hard – he adds to Rai’s microphones – They also surprised us, we expected them to attack us vertically but instead they did so on the dribble. We could have done better in the first half but we still remained focused. Locatelli started too low, but we were very good, it wasn’t a given. We made life difficult for ourselves, we were too slow in the first half but in the second half we gave more pace, the ball moved more quickly. Now let’s go and play this final, we know it’s difficult, let’s try to recover well. The tension we feel will be felt by others too, now let’s enjoy this victory, we thank Bergamo, even in the first half we went out to applause, thanks to all the fans.”
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Then it was Sandro Tonali’s turn, scorer of the opening goal: “It was a bit of a replay of the match against Estonia again here in Bergamo, even if this time in the first half we created less. They are very physical, good on dead balls, we were good at exploiting the few moments they gave us, we didn’t have many. We were a bit nervous, tense, at the start, then as the minutes passed the game changed, after 1-0 we were freer in our minds, before it was everything is more complicated. However, I think we had a good performance, we were very attentive to their strengths, when you concede little on dead balls against these teams you hardly concede goals from today onwards, but we have always been positive since coach Gattuso arrived. We have seen a few monsters in the week, think back to what Italy has done in recent years… we were scared, then we freed ourselves.”
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Thus the Fiorentina striker, author of the Azzurri’s second goal: “After the 2-0 goal I felt the country was on my shoulders. It was nice, I hope to still be of help to the team and the country. We are strong and I hope to still make my contribution”
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