Capello: “Defence? The less you change the better, the Bastoni-Calafiori duo needs playing time”

For theItaly The big match against Spain is approaching, scheduled for Thursday 20th in Gelsenkirchen. Are some changes needed compared to the match against Albania to counter the Red Furies, or is it better to provide continuity? He talked about it Fabio Capellofrom the columns de La Gazzetta dello Sport: “I don’t want to replace Spalletti, who sees and trains the Azzurri every day. Only Luciano can evaluate and know whether it is better to persist with the Bastoni-Calafiori pairing or whether it is more appropriate to face Spain by inserting people like Gianluca Mancini or Alessandro Buongiorno behind , for more proficient features in marking.

I trust Spalletti, his sensitivity and his experience. But if we make a general discussion, the less you change in defense the better. Question of knowledge, synchronisms, coordination of movements. All aspects that need matches – playing time – to be improved and refined. It’s (almost) always like this. Even more so if the defensive pair doesn’t have a great history together and if time is short, as can be the case in a European Championship or a World Cup. Maybe I’m wrong, but I think Luciano has only one thought in view of Thursday’s match against Spain: that no one gets hurt during the preparation training.”