Italy plunged into the German adventure. In Iserlohn, home of our national team’s training camp, there was the first crowd for Spalletti and his boys who trained in front of around four thousand fans at the Hemberg Stadion. A training session characterized by full stands but also by some excessive absences: in addition to Barella – who performed differently on the pitch – Fagioli was also absent (fatigue), while Frattesi left the pitch after working with the team to 15-20 minutes: nothing serious, he should be fully back in the group today, but in the meantime he didn’t play the practice matches yesterday. Not only that: after a blow suffered, Raspadori was also bandaged up, a striker who then returned to the field regularly after the intervention of the medical staff.
Casa Azzurri was then inaugurated in the evening and for Spalletti it was an opportunity to thank the fans who arrived en masse to welcome the Azzurri: “If being ready means having a head full of all those things that are needed to do good for the national team, to give a warm thank you given all the good that surrounds us, then we are ready.”
The words of the head of delegation Gianluigi Buffon are also along the same lines: “The lowest common denominator between 2006 and today is the constant presence, unconditional affection and support of the Italian people who make us feel like we are playing at home every minute. In 2006 we had the feeling of playing at home and even now I am convinced it will be like this.”