Why does the coach often call you back? This is one of the questions he answers Davide Frattesimidfielder for Italy and Inter, protagonist today in the press conference from ‘Casa Azzurri’ in Iserlohn, three days before the match against Spain: “Okay, it means that the coach believes in me. Then from outside the match you can see better, sometimes we don’t realize the best position to take and he tries to give you a hand and advice. When the opponents are crushed he asks me to get out of the traffic and move wide so as to have more space.”
What do you expect differently against Spain?
“We will certainly have less possession than in the match against Albania, it is their strong point, we will have to be more attentive in the defensive phase even if, unlike Albania, it will not close for 90 minutes. We must be good at exploiting the opportunities that will come our way.”
What do you think of Yamal and what do you think is Spain’s strong point?
“We won’t find out about Yamal now, he’s destined to become a great player in world football. Spain’s strengths have always been the same as they have been for years, the possession phase and dribbling. We’ll have to be good at exploiting opportunities because Spain doesn’t have any will grant many.”
How can Italy beat Spain?
“Especially at this moment, without mincing too many words, I believe that Spain is ahead of us. We must know how to suffer, know how to fight, this is fundamental. If we put them in one-on-one duels the match is difficult, very difficult “.
For the first time in the last 10 years, Spain did not have more ball possession than their opponents. Have you seen it? Have you spoken with Inzaghi and Marotta in recent days?
“No, we only said hello with the coach and Marotta, then we’ll talk again with the coach. Every match then needs to be reviewed, Spain was ahead 3-0 and didn’t have a great need for ball possession. Maybe there’s a slightly different version ‘more modern than Spain, basically it no longer has those three phenomena in midfield that ten years ago made the whole team rotate and never let you take it. It’s a more modern version.”
Read Davide Frattesi’s full press conference here