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The strange triangle Spalletti-Inzaghi-Frattesi is part of the national team’s march towards the Nations League commitment against Israel. That is, the two coaches who use the midfielder differently.
For the coach he is irreplaceable as the data says: always called up in the 17 matches of the Tuscan coach’s Azzurri cycle, sixteen appearances and six goals scored, which makes him Spalletti’s bomber. «When I spoke to him for the first time he told me that he had great respect for me and told me that I would be one of those who he would annoy the most… Now his shouting towards me has decreased because I am doing something more compared to before – underlined Frattesi -. It was difficult to interpret the old formation, I was a midfielder who had to play as an attacking midfielder, a role that doesn’t enhance my characteristics.”
For the Inter coach Frattesi is the reserve of a midfield full of stars: only three games as a starter out of nine seasons. “It’s already a better job than last year… But I understand the coach and that’s why I’ve never bothered,” joked the footballer.
The triangle ends with a clarification phone call between the two technicians. Inzaghi was shocked by his colleague’s words regarding the contacts between him and the Inter ultras. «It has never happened to me during my entire career that someone has called me about certain things – Spalletti had said -. I answer everyone, but then I know how to hang up and continue the conversation with whoever calls me.” Words experienced by Simone and the club as a gratuitous attack or at least as a blow started without wanting it. The coach assured Inzaghi that he did not want to refer directly to him but that his speech was of a general nature. Peace made, therefore, with a gesture that recalled the apologetic phone call that Spalletti made during the European Championship to a journalist after the post-Italy-Croatia discussion on the alleged pact sanctioned by the coach with the players for a change of formation.
The poisons and ghosts of Germany are now a distant memory like the climate within the national team. «Now there is joy – said Frattesi – at Euro 2024 there was too much pressure both externally and internally and in the end we even put it on ourselves. We missed the fun we saw with Belgium on the pitch. In September, Spalletti told us that the blame for Euro 2024 was 99% his, which is to his credit, but I don’t agree. Perhaps he could have been lighter, but why is it his fault if we couldn’t make two passes in a row within ten metres?”.
The new blue project has the 2026 World Cup as its objective: «It shouldn’t be an obsession but it is a bit, we want to finish first in the Nations group to
have a benevolent draw. The path is the right one. Beware of underestimating Israel, with three points we could make arguments that were not contemplated at the start of the group.” 3-4 changes expected tomorrow compared to the match against Belgium.
