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Italy Head Coach Roberto Mancini continuing the preparation for the Azzurri in Coverciano on Tuesday 29 June 2021. Italy will play the Quarterfinals against Belgium on Friday 2 July 2021. Good news is that Italy and Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini also participated in the technical-tactical exercises and in the match. Mancini deployed him in the center of the defense obviously alongside Leonardo Bonucci.
The team will also train tomorrow in Coverciano before the departure for Munich scheduled for Thursday.
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The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) announce that the national team players have been following an innovative technique laid out by the medical and performance staff, which has multiple positive effects. Basically, this about water treatment to ease muscle tension after the game.
As reported by the FIGC, this technique, which has been recently perfected thanks to the contribution of osteopathic physiotherapist Walter Martinelli, is part of the recovery plan that integrates medical skills and those of the performance staff, coordinated by Valter Di Salvo. It is an activity that has been enjoying great success with the Azzurri players, who seem to benefit greatly from it.
Photo via figc.it
The water treatment is carried out after the usual gym work and postural recovery; the players then move on to the swimming pool where two or three physiotherapists – under the supervision of Professor Andrea Ferretti and Doctor Carmine Costabile – perform joint mobility manoeuvres, stretching, acupressure and osteopathic techniques, promoting a deep state of relaxation with an effect on the Autonomous Nervous System. This technique allows the players to loosen post-game muscle tension, as well as relieve fatigue and stiffness.
In this dimension, the body tends to abandon itself completely. The effect on the circulatory, lymphatic, and respiratory systems is also significant, to which the Azzurri physiotherapists pay particular attention by mobilising the chest and diaphragmatic muscles.
The pool’s water has a temperature of about 35 degrees and a depth of 110 – 120 centimetres. The work is accompanied by ‘relaxing music’ in the background.
The relaxation levels achieved through this technique often lead to athletes falling asleep in the water. The body appears to return to a foetal state. The aquatic environment that vaguely recalls the amniotic fluid, the heat, the state of total predisposition to the absorption of external stimuli and gentle movements – aimed at restoring the autonomic nervous system – in fact, lead to a restoration of the state of homeostasis.
Photo via figc.it
A group photo of the national team medical staff.
Above, the physiotherapists. From left: Maurizio Fagorzi, Walter Martinelli, Fabrizio Scalzi, Roberto Cardarelli, Fabio Sannino and Emanuele Randelli.
Below, the doctors. From left: Carmine Costabile, Andrea Ferretti and Fracesco Cuccaro.
Training in Coverciano….. team focused….
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Itinerary
Wednesday 30 June
**14:00 – Players on media duties
*19:00 – Training (behind-closed-doors)
Thursday 1 July
TBC
* photos will be taken and shared by the FIGC
**media access will be limited to reduced numbers
N.B. Timetables are subject to possible change
