The coach of the Italian national team, Gennaro Gattuso, addressed the press at the press conference after the victory in the playoff semi-final against Northern Ireland (2:0) and announced the decisive match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Italian expert he spoke about BiH national teamstressing that his team expects an extremely difficult task. The match for placement at the WC between these national teams will take place on Tuesday, March 31, at 20:45 in Zenica.
Recall, Bosnia and Herzegovina kicked out Wales after a penalty.
Bosnia plays in a 4-4-2 formation. It’s waiting for us glowing atmosphere in the stadium, it is a team with many experienced individuals. The Wales game was a completely different story. Bosnians know how to close in defense and rely on their attackers. It will be another one incredibly tough gamejust like with Northern IrelandGattuso said.
The state of the Italian team
He also referred to the situation in the ranks of the Azzurriwith special emphasis on defender Alessandro Bastoni and forward Gianluca Scamaccio.
Canes he didn’t train for almost three weeks, we can only thank him for what he provided. I took him out partly because he got a yellow card. At the moment only Scamacca there are minor problems. There are minor injuries with some others, but the players are available and Scamacca should be with us. We return to the camp in Covercian and get down to business. We have to get the energy backexplained Gattuso, reports Index.hr.
“BiH for us is like Mount Everest that we have to climb”
The legendary Italian vividly described the importance of the upcoming game against BiH.
We have only taken one small step. Bosnia and Herzegovina is like Mount Everest for us which we must climb. The stakes are huge. We all felt it today nervousness and nervousnessand even me, Gigi Buffon and the president of the Federationconcluded Gattuso.
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