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The preparation for next summer’s European Championship by the Italian Women’s team starts again. The Italians will be involved in two friendly matches with Malta and Spain, scheduled for Friday 25 October (6.15 pm, Rai Sport) at the ‘Tre Fontane’ in Rome and Tuesday 29 October (6.15 pm, Rai 2) at the ‘Romeo Menti’ in Vicenza. Today the Technical Commissioner Andrea Soncin at the opening of the meeting he will speak about the upcoming commitments and the state of health of the group.
Soncin’s press conference begins with the coach who immediately talks about what he expects from this gathering: “The objective is what we had before, to continue to grow in mentality in a path that must lead us to face every match with the same desire to win and be protagonists. There are many considerations when organizing these friendly matches. We thought we would arrive at these matches at a time with the girls who would have a lot of minutes in their legs and therefore we thought of two different matches, but which must be tackled at the same time. same way. We will try to play our game to always be in control and dominance.”
On Convocations
“Many girls have been evaluated, all those who are here deserve it and we have the opportunity to have more girls monitored thanks to the Under 23. There are players who deserved to be here, but for reasons of numbers they are not here. As I say always to the girls, the call-up must be deserved and maintained. We can better manage the girls’ strengths and better manage our growth path. There is obviously a basis, but everyone must deserve the call-up on the field, there are no preclusions for none and we will give the pitch the credit before I then have to make some tiring and difficult choices.”
On the most competitive Serie A
“The level of the championship is very high both in terms of game organisation, and this must be given credit to the new coaches who have arrived. They are stimulating and raise the level of competitiveness even among the girls who take to the field. There are many girls who are expressing themselves at great levels and who are either here or are carefully monitored in synergy with the clubs. This is the main focus on which we are working to individualize the right path for each girl and get her here in the national team.”
On the letter from the footballers against relations between Saudi Arabia and FIFA
“We are certainly very sensitive to the topic and negative behavior towards women. Elena’s choice and that of others are individual choices, I have not yet addressed the topic with her and I don’t feel like taking a position.”
On preparing for friendlies
“Qualifying fills us with pride, but three months have passed. We are very focused on work on the field, both in these days of training and in the club. We are preparing these two matches and then the one against Germany, then we will have the Nations League All of this is a daily process to continue to raise the level of performance even further.”
On Dragoni and Schatzer
“I am a pride for the Italian clubs for the clubs. We are building the path together here too in blue, they are two girls of value and we are trying to create a line of growth at blue level and with the clubs to build. We hope to always have plus Giule and Eve available to the senior national team. They are two very well integrated players who demonstrate that they can play a role, there is the idea that they can all potentially be starters and can compete at high levels of a talent that must be accompanied by working together with Mr. Spugna who is making it grow and enriching it also on a tactical level.”
On Nischler
“Most people are paying attention to her now because of her goals, but she was already seen last year when she scored over 40 goals in Serie C. The spotlight is on her like others who have started well this season.”
On Serturini
“His exclusion is one of those difficult choices to make, there is a question of collective tactical balance and he was excluded only for a numerical issue since we want to give space to all those who are here, but we are following it carefully.”
On the conditions of the team
“They are all fine, there are no particular problems and then we will see during the week. I don’t have two formations in mind yet, I’m not thinking of an A and B team, with first and second lines. We want to fight this idea because all those that are here they are potential starters and ready to play high-level matches.”
About Goldoni
“She represents what we are looking for during the championship, we were already following her last year because Serie B is a reservoir especially for the Under 23s. She represents the prototype of the modern midfielder, who knows how to insert herself, run, score, tackle very well, who she is flexible. Like others, if they continue like this they will have other opportunities to earn the blue jersey.”
On Spain and the relationship with the fans
“It also has an importance of this type, as it does with Malta. We chose to play two matches in Italy for this reason, to bring the blue team closer to the many girls and boys who are approaching football. The girls know the importance of their role in this sense”.
On Canzi at Juventus
“The Juventus team has important technical values, the coach brought important technical and tactical values and was important for the girls. I was surprised that in such a short time they managed to learn the new game and new ideas.”