The coach on the eve: “They play a purposeful game. Esposito and Ricci out, Lucca in doubt”
Overtaking operation. With Sweden, tomorrow in Monza (starting at 17.30) Italy Under 21 has the opportunity to take first place in the qualifying round for the European 2023, now led by the Swedes, who, however, have one more match. “I expect a high-level game – explained coach Nicolato -, Sweden will make us suffer at certain moments, it will not be a one-way match either on one side or the other. We will have to know how to attack and defend well. They play a purposeful game, oriented towards the opponent’s goal. These are games that make us grow, as the last quarter of an hour did in Bosnia: that final in Zenica makes us understand that at our level there is never anything taken for granted ”. Nicolato defines it as a “key match” because Sweden is, with Ireland, the most accredited opponent for the first place in the group: “A very practiced and physical team, the smallest is 185 centimeters”.
DOUBT LUCCA. OUT RICCI AND ESPOSITO
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On the other hand, the blue giant, Lorenzo Lucca, of whom there has been much talk in recent days due to an interest from Milan, is in doubt: “He had some physical problems, yesterday he trained separately. It is not easy either from a competitive point of view, because he has only played 5-6 matches in Serie B and is not used to the international context, and above all emotionally for him it is not an easy moment to manage since he has attracted so much attention “. For the rest, Nicolato is looking for continuity, so there shouldn’t be big changes in the formation compared to the one that faced and beat Bosnia. The only certain absences were those of Samuele Ricci, muscular resentment, and Sebastiano Esposito, a slight sprained trauma to his left ankle.
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