Luciano Spalletti and Milan’s decision to give up Stefano Pioli. The technical commissioner of the national team spoke about it during an interview granted to ‘Corriere della Sera’: “Pioli is an excellent coach and above all a man with great human qualities, he has depth. He has done well for Milan in these three years. In the dynamics I won’t go inside”.
On the decision to call up Baggio, Antognoni, Totti and Del Piero for the training camp in Coverciano: “Also add Rivera to us, and I do it for me. He is the number one of my time. They will give us their experience, they will tell us about their trophies. They will stimulate us.”
Finally, a thought on the national team shirt: “It is the most beautiful and most important in the world, the first skin for a footballer. You have to wear it with pride and conviction. With dignity and humanity. In our national team everyone must be on the same level, so that no one feels powerful. We all start from past defeats are the ones that form. Victory is beautiful, it makes you cool but if it remains an end in itself it becomes a vice. From the depression of a defeat you are reborn.”