Italy legend Dino Zoff admits the Azzurri lack ‘sturdy gamers’ whereas Gennaro Gattuso should present ‘stability’ to the crew: ‘In Norway, we wished to play like Barcelona…’
Italy 1982 World Cup winner Zoff analysed the state of Italian soccer in an interview with Corriere dello Sport.
Zoff: Italy don’t have many sturdy gamers
“The reality is that we’d like sturdy gamers, and we don’t have many. The league doesn’t assist the nationwide crew coaches since ,” Zoff mentioned through
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“Skills aren’t simply constructed. They’re born this manner. For a number of causes, that not occurs,” mentioned the ex-goalkeeper.
“Younger folks immediately have a wider vary of sports activities to select from, dad and mom are sometimes overbearing, soccer academies prioritise ways over technical expertise, and children not play within the streets. Plus, we’re having fewer kids. Again within the Nineteen Sixties and Seventies, my area, Friuli Venezia Giulia, used to provide 12 Serie A gamers; now, it might produce solely two or three.”
Zoff: Italy wished to play like Barcelona
LINZ, AUSTRIA – OCTOBER 13: Erling Haaland of Norway speaks with teammate Andreas Hanche-Olsen in the course of the UEFA Nations League 2024/25 League B Group B3 match between Austria and Norway at Raiffeisen Enviornment on October 13, 2024 in Linz, Austria. (Picture by Christian Bruna/Getty Photographs)
Gattuso has not too long ago been . What’s the very first thing Ringhio should carry to the crew?
“Stability. We went to Norway making an attempt to play like Barcelona, however they performed like Italy; three counter-attacks, three targets,” Zoff famous.
“The essential factor is to rediscover some ambition.”