L’Italy of CT Mancini beat theAlbania with a round 1-3, in a friendly with a slightly bitter taste, given the non-participation in the imminent World Cup.
The blue they brought many innovations to the field, the debut for many very young players including 2006 Simone Pafundi, the Atalantino Scalvini and the surprise of the Juventus midfield Niccolò Fagioli. The Neapolitans were on the field from the first minute of Lorenzo, Raspadori And Meret. The latter was the protagonist of a couple of extraordinary speeches.
Meret: “We’re having a great season”
During the post-match he spoke to the microphones of Rai Sports the Napoli goalkeeper, Alex Meretwho commented on his first appearance as a starter in the national team, below are his statements:
On the match won in Tirana:
“Good performance even if it was a friendly match, we faced it in the best possible way, a shame about the goal conceded in the first half, in the second we were good at scoring the third goal”
Then a comment on the near future of the national team:
“We know that we have to work to prepare our next goals, only by working like this can we do well in the future.”
On Napoli’s extraordinary first part of the season, which allowed him to play for the starting position in the national team:
“We are also having an excellent season with Napoli, I am happy that the coach (Mancini) has given me this opportunity to play as a starter”.
Joseph Esposito
