TMW Radio
During today’s appointment with L’Editoriale Luca Marchetti spoke on the frequencies of TMW Radio. These are his words:
What signals are coming from Spalletti’s national team?
“There are signs and we must not minimize them. You are creating a group, a style and a mentality by seeing the results. Mancini succeeded with that streak of consecutive useful results which then led us to win the European Championship. We have to be careful though because the same team didn’t qualify for the World Cup. There is an important midfield quality, you have to follow the coach’s instructions but you can get to the decisive matches of tournaments and play there. Winning helps you win, yesterday and also against Belgium it was a fun national team. With Belgium there was not only the expulsion, but also the goal from the free kick and without the goal the match would have been different. The national team had legitimately gone 2-0, yesterday they took off in the second half. Maybe there are no stars, but there is a group with many excellent individuals. The difficult moment for Spalletti was the European Championship, he feels responsible for the disappointment. He failed to convey what he has conveyed these last two months. If you don’t have a champion you need the collective, what Switzerland did against us.”
Who has the main merits of this growth of Retegui?
“There is also a lot of work from Gilardino on Retegui. Mancini went to find him, without him perhaps he would have arrived in Italy later and without this emphasis. Inter followed him, then with the call-up the price skyrocketed. Since that debut with goals with Mancini he has grown, last year he scored seven goals, as many as he scored at the start of the season, but he has grown much more playing with his teammates.”
What’s wrong with Douglas Luiz?
“I honestly don’t know. I think the feeling with the coach hasn’t developed, but if the performances are like this, Thiago Motta is right to keep him out. Why do I have to put you on the field? If some situations arise against the grain, then it is difficult to reverse them. Juventus must be good in terms of management and technical staff to recover a 50 million euro investment. He is a player of international level and of the Brazilian national team, but there was an evident crisis of rejection.”
Which Lazio will show up in Turin for the match against Juventus?
“Baroni has proven to be a very good coach, he has performed several miracles like the last one in Verona where he coached two teams in twelve months. Now Lazio has a higher quality team, the previous cycle has ended and Lazio has made an intelligent transfer. We are being reborn with a new Lazio, there has been a generational change. Zaccagni is the captain, Dia and Castellanos are doing very well in attack, Tavares is the revelation of this championship. Lazio managed to archive the historic team made up of Immobile, Milinkovic and Luis Alberto. Lazio is a team not to be underestimated.”