Daniel Maldini (photo Lapresse)
Italy flies in Nations League: France-Israel KO. And Spalletti thinks about Maldini-Fazzini in the blue group
Two games, six points and first place alone in the Nations League group: the post-Euro 2024 campaign couldn’t have started better for Luciano Spalletti’s ItalyThe dark clouds of July, when the Azzurri were eliminated in the round of 16 by Switzerland, are far away and swept away after the victories against France (3-1 at the Stade de France in Paris) and Israel (2-1).
Waiting for the two October commitments in the competition (against Lukaku’s Belgium and the return match with Israel) and the draw for the World Cup groups (13 December in Zurich), the Italian coach looks confidently to the future in a two-year period that will lead to the 2026 World Cup which will be played in the United States-Canada-Mexico.
“These call-ups have been thought through a lot, I’ve only thought about this all summer. I wanted to get younger and the answers were perfect, what I expected. I changed something and the team showed that it had the qualities I expected, we played two very good games”, said Luciano Spalletti after the victory against Israel.
And now he mediated two new additions to his Italy team. “Maldini and Fazzini are two very interesting young players. We need quality and consistent players, who know how to stay in the game – Luciano Spalletti explained to Radio Anch’io – We no longer have players delegated to a specific task, you have to know how to do a bit of everything. We are a total team, who want to do well and want to help each other. Those who show off, we are available to welcome with open arms”.
Daniel Maldini and Jacopo Fazzini of Empoli, who are the two talents on the launch pad for Spalletti’s Italy
Daniel Maldinison of the Rossoneri legend Paolo, is a trequartista born in 2001: this summer he left Milan permanently to return to Monza where he had done very well in the second part of last season – 4 goals in 11 league appearances, performances that were growing and of quality (he had arrived at the court of Adriano Galliani after the first few months of the championship at Empoli). In the first four games of the season with the team from Brianza (three in Serie A, one in the Coppa Italia) he scored one goal (against Fiorentina in the last round of the championship).
Jacob Fazzini a versatile midfielder who can play in all areas of the midfield (half-back in a 3-man department or attacking midfielder) is a 2003 class, he scored a brace in the Coppa Italia against Catanzaro and at the start of 2024/2025 he has earned a central role in the team led by Roberto D’Aversa after 31 appearances (14 as a starter) with a goal last season. In the national team he has gone through the various selections from the Under 17 to the Under 20. He had also earned a pre-call-up to Nicolato’s Under 21 in view of the European Championship in the category and had been included in a Roberto Mancini training camp reserved for the most interesting young players in Italian football.
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