Apparently the footballers of National they are inveterate players, so much to do the wee hours playing the PS5 to titles like Call of Duty, which forced the coach Luciano Spalletti has banned the Sony console from withdrawals so as not to compromise their performance on the pitch in view of the 2024 European Championships, with the motto “in the national team we stay on track, we don't mess around”.
“Shirt, values, pride, responsibility, these are not words that I use at random, even if someone must have thought of it…”, Spalletti said in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport. “Some players must have believed that Spalletti barks and then doesn't have any teeth, but instead they are wrong and now there are some things that need to be clarified. From here on out Leave the Playstations at home and they don't carry them anymore. I'll invent a little game for him to think about to distract himself at night. They come to me and I give them homework to do in the evening if the daytime homework wasn't enough. Because in the national team you stay on track, concentrate, don't mess around.”
No distractions in the national team, you have to work hard
In reality, Spalletti's discussion is broader and is not limited only to video games. Despite having to put up with smartphones, the coach wants to put a stop to distractions during training camps, be it the stay up late on Call of Duty or have your mind on Instagram.
“I have to tolerate cell phones, but they cannot be kept on the massage table or during treatments,” added the coach. “I talked about video games because there were things that I didn't like. I want to revive the gatherings and retreats of the past: old habits and atmospheres. Simple and healthy things. And Buffon will help me in this. If modernity is playing Playstation until 4 in the morning when there's a match the next day, then this modernity is not good“.
“We live in a world that has little incentive to work hard, sweating things out. Kids today prefer to put a photo on Instagram with their hair done rather than lower their heads and pedal. These are not the values that my Italy must transmit. You come to the national team with laughing eyes and a beating heart and you are like a pack of wolves going in single file to push your teammate to the front and leave no one behind. The Italians ask for a badass and responsible national team, solid and bold. You come to the national team to win the European Championship, not to win at Call of Duty.”
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