Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Friday 11 June 2021.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Friday 11 June 2021.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Friday 11 June
👉Italy-Turkey We are all Azzurri! Roma embraces the Nazionale. Mancini: "We honor the shirt"
👉Jorginho and Insigne enlighten us after a long five-year wait
The Coach met with the media in a press conference along with captain Giorgio Chiellini to discuss the match against Turkey. Final OK from UEFA: Castrovilli replaces Pellegrini in the list of 26
Thursday, June 10, 2021, via figc.it
Exactly 53 years after their continental triumph, in the same Stadium that witnessed the Azzurri conquer Europe, the Stadio Olimpico, Roberto Mancini arrived at the press room along with team captain Giorgio Chiellini to discuss the long-awaited start of UEFA Euro 2020. On 10 June 1968, beating Yugoslavia 2-0 in the replay of the final (the first match ended 1-1 and at the time there were no penalties in the event of a draw) the national team led by Ferruccio Valcareggi became champions of Europe for the first and so far only time in Azzurri history.
A new international adventure begins for Italy in the finals tomorrow evening, at 21:00 CEST against Turkey, five years after Euro 2016: “The time has come – remarked Mancini – to get back to giving satisfaction to our fans. What sort of night will it be on the eve? I hope to experience more sleepless ones later, in July, when the European Championship will have reached its final stages”.
“There is a great desire to relive a great competition as key contenders – affirmed Giorgio Chiellini – We were good at transforming the great disappointment of the playoff against Sweden into enthusiasm. It’s a strong feeling that not only pervades us players and staff, but also all the fans: we can’t wait to take to the pitch and experience these emotions all together”.
Coach Roberto Mancini echoes the captain: “I was confident three years ago, when I came into the Italian dugout, and I’m even more so today: We have good players on our side, and we have created a good group. We’d like to continue having fun and we want to arrive in London for the last step of the competition: I’m very confident”.
The one negative note in the build-up to UEFA Euro 2020 which has been lived with enthusiasm and awareness of one’s own means, however, is the injury that occurred yesterday to Lorenzo Pellegrini, officially replaced by Gaetano Castrovilli in the list of 26 after the UEFA gave the final OK: “I’m sorry – underlined the coach – because Pellegrini is an important player for our game, just as Sensi is: He too couldn’t make it. We are sorry for Lorenzo, as a player and as a person, and our wish, from all of us, is that he can recover quickly”.
Tomorrow the European Championship kicks off in an Olimpico that will finally be able to host spectators in the stands: “It will be impossible not to get excited. “It will be a difficult match on the pitch, like all of them” underlined Mancini, who then added: “Being the first to play brings more pressure, and we have maximum respect for Turkey because they have several talented players”.
But what will it take to do well and go all the way in this European Championship? “Light-heartedness, concentration, and a pinch of madness, which is the essential element to do something great” Chiellini commented.
After the press conference, the Azzurri will train on the pitch at the Olimpico. Midfielder Gaetano Castrovilli was also present with the group. Tomorrow it officially begins: The Italian adventure at UEFA Euro 2020.
Forwards: 9 Andrea Belotti (Torino), 11 Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), 20 Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), 14 Federico Chiesa (Juventus), 17 Ciro Immobile (Lazio), 10 Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), 22 Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo).
Itinerary (all times CEST)
Friday 11 June
*11:00 – Training at the Olympic Centre Giulio Onesti (behind closed doors)
21:00 – Italy vs. Turkey at the Stadio Olimpico. Press conference/media duties after full-time.
Saturday 12 June
*17:00 – Training (behind closed doors)
Sunday 13 June
** 14:00 – Players meet media
*17:00 – Training (behind closed doors)
Monday 14 June
** 14:00 – Players meet media
*17:00 – Training (behind closed doors)
Tuesday 15 June
11:00 – Transfer Florence-Rome
**16:45 – Press conference, Coach + 1 player at Hotel Parco dei Principi
*19:15 – Training at the Olympic Center Giulio Onesti (behind closed doors except first 15 mins)
Wednesday 16 June
21:00 – Italy vs. Switzerland at the Stadio Olimpico. Press conference/media duties after full-time.
Thursday 17 June
*17:00 – Training (behind closed doors)
Friday 18 June
** 14:00 – Players meet media
*17:00 – Training (behind closed doors)
Saturday 19 June
11:00 – Transfer Florence-Rome
**16:45 – Press conference, Coach + 1 player at Hotel Parco dei Principi
*19:15 – Training at the Olympic Center Giulio Onesti (behind closed doors except for first 15 mins)
Sunday 20 June
18:00 – Italy vs. Wales at the Stadio Olimpico. Press conference/media duties after full-time.
N.B. Timetables are subject to possible change * photos will be taken and shared by FIGC **media access will be limited to reduced numbers
The Italian National Team set for two tournament the UEFA Euro 2020 and the Olympic Qualifying (Basket). The respective Italy Head Coaches exchanging encouraging words to start on a positive note.
The two Italian National Teams will be involved in the European Championship starting tomorrow, the other on stage in Serbia for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The football and basketball Azzurri have some intense weeks of major international fixtures ahead of them.
Mutual anticipation and good luck: this is what the Meo Sacchetti and Roberto Mancini, the two Head Coaches, wished each other in view of these tournaments that will headline a summer of sport.
“Hi Mancio, I wanted to wish you and your guys the best of luck”, opened Sacchetti, who began the training camp in Val Rendena with Italbasket in view of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament – starting June 29 in Serbia – that will provide entry to the Tokyo Games. The basketball Head Coach continued: “You’re building something really important: a good mix of young and old players. Football is the most-followed sport, also by us, and we’re sending you our best wishes not only for the first match against Turkey, but also for the whole European Championships”.
Roberto Mancini then replied from Coverciano: “Thank you Meo for this good luck message: we need it, because as you know, nothing’s easy and all the matches are difficult, especially when you’re about to play in a European Championship. Thanks from me and the players, and we wish you in return the best of luck, since you’ll be involved in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Serbia. You’ve got a strong team and we’re all big basketball fans. Greetings to you, your guys and President Petrucci.”
Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Thursday 10 June 2021.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Thursday 10 June 2021.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Thursday 10 June
👉Between National and Inter
Conte’s word
The ex-CT and Nerazzurri coach launches Italy towards the Euros
He explains his farewell, choices and projects
By Anna Italia
