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At the Trento Sports Festival, Fulvio Collovati he spoke about Italy seen yesterday against Belgium and read the cards for the Serie A championship which for the moment sees Inter and Napoli at the top: “A new national team, also based on what we saw last night. It’s a defined team, Spalletti focuses on young players, on those who have the desire and attachment to the shirt without giving up the call-up. The shirt must be honored and Spalletti understood this. Yesterday’s draw is deserved, in fact it’s a shame because we could have won big but what matters is the first 40 minutes”.
Juventus thinking about Skriniar?
“I don’t know what the club’s strategies are… It all seems a bit strange to me. If you let a boy like Savona play in the 6-7 league games, you have Cabal, you have Danilo who hasn’t played up until now. Then you have Gatti and Kalulu… The defenders are there, in my opinion Juventus needs an alternative to Vlahovic more. Or you think that Cabal and the signings are disappointments then I understand, otherwise I don’t see why Juventus should go for Skriniar.”
How do you see the Scudetto race?
“Inter are the favorites for what they have done, but they have to compete with Napoli. They are the competitors for the Scudetto: Juventus is under construction, Milan has problems from the start and will carry them with them throughout the tournament. So that leaves Inter and Napoli, who are very tough this year and have a squad up to par. It will be a two-way fight, then as we know the championships are won in February-March-April, when the daisies appear they don’t come to find alibis between the Champions League or too many matches. They have 30 players who are all up to the task and need to move around, so the double competition is not an alibi.”
Does Milan need to change their tactical attitude?
“This isn’t the problem… Of course the defensive phase needs to be reviewed, it needs to concede fewer goals and have more attention. But these are internal problems, in the locker room, in attitudes and indolence. I’m surprised at the club because they absolutely shouldn’t tolerate it. .. And yet no one speaks.”
Did Fiorentina’s Comuzzo hit you?
“There is a bit of a return. I also think of Buongiorno. It makes me laugh when I hear that modern defenders have to build from the bottom… Baresi or Krol did it 50 years ago. The defender must be a defender, he must mark Now there is a bit of a tendency towards this return. These profiles from the youth sectors are welcome. The defender must know how to mark, then if he has good feet, all the better.”
Roma and De Rossi’s farewell?
“A bit like Milan. Meanwhile, I didn’t understand De Rossi’s farewell. You just destabilized the environment. He is a symbol like Totti or Bruno Conti, they are untouchable. For me the situation was handled very badly, clearly Juric he has no responsibility, but I see a situation on the razor’s edge and I have the impression that this thing will continue until the end of the year.”