Italy is already looking to Switzerland and is waiting for Verratti

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AGI – After the euphoria for the victory against Turkey and the great fear of Christian Eriksen’s illness during Denmark-Finland, Roberto Mancini’s Italy returns to focus on the second match of Euro 2020. Wednesday evening, at 21, at Olympic stadium in Rome Petkovic’s Switzerland arrives, directly from Baku and the draw, disappointing for many, with Wales 1-1.

The hot topics in Coverciano, where Italy is back waiting to leave for the capital on Tuesday, are two: the first is psychological, that is, being able to keep one’s guard up despite the comforting start; the second physicist, with several players engaging the blue medical staff.

The most awaited name, in this sense, is that of Verratti. The PSG midfielder was on the pitch for about twenty minutes yesterday in the friendly match with the Pescara spring ending 6-0 for Mancini’s boys (Bernardeschi, Belotti, Chiesa, Raspadori, Cristante and Pessina scored), an important kick that brings its possible use closer to Euro 2020.

Thesis confirmed by the head of the Medical Area of ​​Club Italia, Andrea Ferretti, at a press conference: “The recovery program is going ahead as established. Whether it will be from the match against Switzerland? There are still three days left and there is still the so-called ‘last mile’ to go, the most challenging “. The door remains open even if the crack, to see it already with the Swiss, is still very thin.

However, the conditions of Domenico Berardi, who came out battered from the match won against Turkey, do not worry. For the Sassuolo winger, in short, only a blow already absorbed. Alessandro Florenzi, who came out prematurely due to a calf problem that will force him to stay in the pits, will miss the second game of the event.

In the press conference it was the turn of Jorginho, the handyman midfielder who has become the absolute pivot on which the Azzurri’s game revolves. The Chelsea player, fresh winner of the Champions League, talked about how much he wants to relive the same emotions with the national team: “I still have a great desire to win and I don’t want to stop right now, precisely because I felt certain emotions on my skin and I want to go back to living them with the blue shirt on, with this wonderful group, made up of fantastic guys “.

To do this, the next step is not to let our guard down against Switzerland: “We saw our next opponents in the match against Wales: they are an excellent team, organized, led by the same coach for years and we will certainly have to be careful”.

The training of the Azzurri resumed on Monday. At 6 pm there will be a session behind closed doors where Mancini will try the countermeasures to be implemented to stop the most talented Swiss players, Embolo and Shaqiri above all. At 2 pm, instead, the usual meeting with the press to take stock of the day and the commitment on Wednesday.

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