The former defender defends the Inter center back from criticism and analyzes the national team’s moment: “It will be a battle against Bosnia, but Italian football needs the World Cup to be reborn”
A controversy that seems to know no end, that of Alessandro Bastoni’s simulation during Inter-Juventus. This time, it was a big shot who gave his version of events: the world champion Alessandro Nesta. Interviewed by the microphones of Sky Sport, the former Italian central defender defended his colleague: “I have to congratulate him because they bothered him a lot with the simulation and yesterday, despite not being at his best, he returned as a protagonist with a great game. I have always been considered a correct player, but I admit that I have simulated many times. I will never give a moral to Bastoni, for me he is a super player”.
the path to the world championship
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Nesta then commented on Italy’s victory against Northern Ireland: “I was also worried in the first half. If the technical values emerge, there is no match against any of the national teams involved in the playoffs. The problem, however, is the pressure from the blue shirt, which is greater than that of teams like Bosnia or Northern Ireland. The management of the first half was the result of tension.” The former Milan and Lazio player then warned Gattuso’s group: “We must be aware that it is still tough; in fact, in Bosnia it will be even tougher. A very hot environment awaits us against an opponent who has superior values to the Northern Irish.”
the importance of qualification
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Finally, a reflection on the social and sporting weight of participation in the World Cup: “In 2006 the victory of the World Cup helped Italian football to get back on its feet after Calciopoli; today our movement needs the national team more than ever. Without forgetting the individual point of view: playing in a great World Cup, for a footballer, is the experience that changes your career”.
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