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Chiellini: “Fake Championship? It will be a real victory to finish it”
After Ferretti, Giorgio Chiellini intervened: “The escalation of infections does not surprise us, but I am convinced that we cannot stop for two reasons: economic, for the football industry, and for people, who must stay at home.” we are ready to do our part, minimizing risks. Is the championship distorted? I know that
whoever wins, it will be called a fake tournament. It is not like that, we have to get used to a championship like this. They are like wounds. The real victory will come at the end. The bubble like in the NBA? In fact, we are already in a half bubble. ”
De Boer: “This time we will be 100%”
The Dutch press conference was also held at Gewiss Stadium, with coach Frank De Boer and Inter defender De Vrij. The Dutch had previously trained at the Breda stadium in Sesto San Giovanni, near the hotel where the team was staying. The coach explained the meaning of the logistical choice. “Avoiding travel as much as possible is important, especially in this period. Stop football? It is not for me to decide. It is not nice to see stadiums closed, but football gives something back to people at this stage. It would be good to start with the stadiums completely open, but the priority now is everyone’s health “. Sports issues remained at the center of questions from the Dutch press, because De Boer’s impact on the national team bench, after Ronald Koeman and Lodeweges’ brief interregnum, was not memorable: in the first two games, the friendly before Mexico. (0-1) and the trip to Bosnia (0-0), the team failed to win or score. But the former Inter coach, in a not very fortunate experience, promises Mancini’s Italy a game very different from the one that, last September, the Azzurri dominated in Amsterdam far beyond the result (1-0 with Gol de Barella) the oranje then directed by Lodeweges: “Don’t be fooled. On the way out, many of our men were still not in shape, because two weeks before they were on vacation at the beach. This time they will be 100%.
“Inter? I don’t regret it”
The Nations League group ranking is very open. Poland and we have only one point less than Italy and anything is possible. The important thing is to come out of this duel with a good result. “To succeed, he admits, it will be essential not to be overwhelmed on the right wing by Italy’s left-back Spinazzola, the protagonist in Amsterdam with Insigne, absent here due to injury:” We will study something , I do not say that. But surely the Azzurri will not be able to repeat themselves on that side. “De Boer has already received criticism:” Someone in the Netherlands thinks that it is easy to lead the national team: there are necessarily so many pressures in this role. Of course, Mexico and Bosnia were not the best games in the Netherlands, but I remember that sometimes you also need a bit of luck to score. Roland Koeman has seen the team score often in the last minutes, for example with Germany in one of the most important matches. “Finally, in the past (the missed penalty in the famous Euro 2000 semi-final with Italy and the short adventure at Inter) The Dutch coach did not stop too long: “Because the past is over. That semi-final is already far away and I would have liked to stay a lot longer at Inter, but there is no reason to regret it, now I coach Holland ”. De Vrij did not speak of the Covid, which alarms Inter, but he did focus on the tactical characteristic that most caught his attention, playing in Serie A: “The vertical insertions of the midfielders. We will have to be very careful, we have prepared ourselves for this “.
