{"id":5421,"date":"2024-12-10T16:21:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T16:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betwealthsuretips.com\/blog\/spalletti-insists-italy-choices-correct-but-names-one-serie-a-star-who-could-return-football-italia-december-10-latest\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T16:21:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T16:21:55","slug":"spalletti-insists-italy-choices-correct-but-names-one-serie-a-star-who-could-return-football-italia-december-10-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betwealthsuretips.com\/blog\/spalletti-insists-italy-choices-correct-but-names-one-serie-a-star-who-could-return-football-italia-december-10-latest\/","title":{"rendered":"Spalletti insists Italy choices \u2018correct\u2019 but names one Serie A star who could return – Football Italia – December 10 latest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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epa11659417 Luciano Spalletti, Head Coach of Italy, reacts during the UEFA Nations League A soccer match Italy vs Israel in Udine, Italy, 14 October 2024. EPA-EFE\/DAVIDE CASENTINI<\/p>\n

Italy national team head coach Luciano Spalletti insists that the decisions he and his staff have made since the European Championships in the summer have \u2018been correct and will remain the same\u2019, but has highlighted one Serie A star who could return to the Azzurri set-up in the near future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Italy endured a miserable EURO 2024 campaign in Germany; eliminated in the round of 16 by Switzerland, but have enjoyed a positive Nations League campaign since then, beating France, Belgium and Israel away from home and almost winning the group until the loss against France in San Siro in the final fixture of the round.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking to news agency ANSA at an event in Italy on Tuesday, Spalletti insisted that consistency is key, and that he will not be making too many alterations to his set-up when international football returns in 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe choices that were made have been correct and will remain the same,\u201d Spalletti told ANSA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am very convinced by the players I\u2019ve assembled in the last camps. What they have shown us is great.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Italy defender Andrea Cambiaso (C) celebrates after scoring during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Italy and France at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milan, Italy, 17 November 2024. EPA-EFE\/DANIEL DAL ZENNARO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Though Spalletti hopes to keep his team relatively unchanged during the next international break, he admits that there could be a return for Lazio star Mattia Zaccagni in the near future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Biancocelesti forward has provided five goals and two assists from 13 appearances in Serie A this term: The same number of goal involvements he had in the league throughout the entirety of the 2023-24 campaign (six goals and one assist).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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LEIPZIG, GERMANY \u2013 JUNE 24: Mattia Zaccagni of Italy celebrates with teammates after scoring his team\u2019s first goal to equalise during the UEFA EURO 2024 group stage match between Croatia and Italy at Football Stadium Leipzig on June 24, 2024 in Leipzig, Germany. (Photo by Claudio Villa\/Getty Images for FIGC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cHe was an important component for us during the Euros, alsp for what he showed in training,\u201d Spalletti said of the 29-year-old.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNow he has a better chance because I see him playing inside more, and it\u2019s fundamental for our system that we have players who play in the same roles for their clubs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cZaccagni has also played a big part in Lazio\u2019s season so far.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n