Nicolato: “The national team of young people? Merit of Club Italia”

“We are proud of Club Italia”. Paolo Nicolato, Under 21 coach, is the spokesperson for the large rejuvenation team of the senior national team. “We are fortunate to have a coach like Mancini who has courage. In yesterday’s group against Germany we had 4-5 from this two-year period and others from the last two years: Tonali, Pobega, Raspadori, Scamacca, Frattesi, Bastoni, Locatelli, and this is the time to gratify the work of many people behind, first of all our director Maurizio Viscidi and then all the staff, from Under 15 upwards. They are people who have allowed many of these young people to make a journey of 50-60, sometimes 90 international appearances, to have a wealth of experience. It is fair to say good to these people, who work under the radar but with great passion and competence. We are very proud, beyond the small difficulties they can create, because in cascade certain choices can penalize certain teams, but our goal is to build players. And beyond the performances, I want to underline that I have seen some guys, my former players who have been important to me, honor the shirt as it should be done in the national team, obviously we transfer things in the right way “.

Problems

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The difficulties Nicolato talks about are reflected in his Under 21 who will face Luxembourg tomorrow, then Sweden and Ireland, the last three qualifying rounds for the European category, with a completely new midfield (and many absences: Bellanova, Udogie, Fagioli) . “The two-year period started with Tonali, Ricci, Rovella and Salvatore Esposito, we only have Rovella left, who with Miretti, Bove and Ranocchia is the one with the most experience but hasn’t played since our match against Bosnia in March. This emergency worries us a little but everyone will do their best, maybe not everyone is ready but the qualities are there “. After all, it’s all part of the work to bring players to National A: “We work as a system, Gnonto was supposed to come with us in March but he needed the Under 19 team who had an important turn, like Scalvini who had already been with us in November, not I called him again not because I didn’t like him but because he too was serving the Under 19 team. We work as a system as Club Italia and it is a strategy that I share “.