From this morning’s finishing session, some adjustments to the lineup for the Azzurri compared to the victory over North Macedonia
Luciano Spalletti had already made it clear on Friday evening, after the victory over North Macedonia: he wouldn’t have changed much for tomorrow evening’s match in Leverkusen against Ukraine. The one that will have to give us direct qualification to the European Championship. He had liked that Italy, certain mechanisms had worked well, his idea of football had been interpreted correctly, with good cohesion between the departments. What will also be needed tomorrow, and therefore the training could only be tweaked.
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With three changes, if the indications from this morning’s training in Coverciano are confirmed: in defense, captain Di Lorenzo (who was suspended on Friday) in place of Darmian; Frattesi in midfield for Bonaventura. In attack Politano tried for a long time for Berardi and there is the possibility that Scamacca plays as center forward, with Raspadori ready to take over from him during the match. Another solution includes Raspadori himself on the right. “Ukraine has a strong, powerful attack – warns Spalletti -, they have players in form. We will have to behave as a team and be able to do our best. We want to make Italians fall in love with us and this is the right time. We can make the leap to a higher level which can then allow us to work with more peace of mind.”