Stadio San Nicola is the venue as Italy and Malta go head-to-head in Saturday's UEFA Euro 2024 qualifier. Let’s look at our match preview for this contest.
Fiorentina chief Rocco Commisso welcomed a delegation of high-profile officials for the inauguration of Viola Park, including Italy national team coach Luciano Spalletti.
Fiorentina have finally come to fruition with the unveiling of Viola Park, the state-of-the-art training facility. The senior, youth and women’s teams will train at Viola Park side-by-side, and club chief Rocco Commisso hopes it will make budding players choose the Viola instead of Juventus.
After omitting Riccardo Orsolini from his initial 27-man squad for Italy’s upcoming UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifier matches against Malta and England respectively, Luciano Spalletti called upon the Bologna star following fitness problems with Mattia Zaccagni and Federico Chiesa.
As Italy prepare to take on Malta and England in the UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifying matches in the upcoming international break, Luciano Spalletti expects his side to do better than they did in his first two games in charge. He also replied to Maurizio Sarri’s comments regarding the clogged calendar.
Luciano Spalletti explained his selections as Italy started preparing for two upcoming Euro qualifiers against England and Malta: “As for Ciro Immobile, we received communication from the Lazio doctor that he was hurt, and they didn’t know whether he would recover."
Luciano Spalletti has released the list of 27 players who will be called up for Italy’s upcoming UEFA Euro Qualifier matches against Malta and England. A handful of injury concerns have hit the Azzurri camp, but Spalletti will nonetheless bet on his side bringing all six points back home.
Luciano Spalletti will issue the squad for the Euro qualifiers versus Malta and England on Friday. While he’s dealing with a few injury concerns, he has prepared two returns relative to the previous matches. Francesco Acerbi and Domenico Berardi are expected to be back in the squad.
Italian agent Mario Giuffredi, who represents Napoli trio Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Matteo Politano, and Mario Rui, is no stranger to criticizing coaches, having lashed out at Luciano Spalletti towards the end of last season. He has now turned his guns towards Rudi Garcia for not giving Mario Rui enough game time.
Italy coach Luciano Spalletti has a conundrum on his hands, as Ciro Immobile isn’t a lock to be called up for the next Euro qualifiers despite being named the captain of the team. The Lazio ace has had a slow start. Gianluigi Donnarumma would inherit the armband should that be the case.
Luciano Spalletti held one of his first lessons since becoming the Italy gaffer at the Coverciano training center, speaking to those who will begin studying to become either sports directors or coaches. “When this place needs me, I always say yes. I’ve learned a lot and spent a lot of time here."
Saturday's rich Serie A program caps off at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris as newly-promoted Genoa and reigning champions Napoli go head-to-head in an exciting game. Let's look at our match preview for this match-up.