Less than twenty-four hours before the start of Portugal-Italy. The Champions of Europe against the Azzurri of Roberto Mancini, with the desire to give continuity to an exciting journey and to build a new structure with youth. The Italian national team is preparing for the match against Fernando Santos's team without Cristiano Ronaldo: "CR7 or not, we will still face a great team - the incentive to win and play well will not be lacking", commented Ciro Immobile at the press conference on the eve of the match.
On Friday, Italy played against Poland in a 1-1 draw, but the Azzurri's performance did not live up to expectations: "We can certainly do more - explains the Lazio player - in attack we must be more dangerous, while in defense, more careful. In the second half, however, Poland was struggling to stay in our half of the field - Lewandowski, who I think is one of the strongest in his role, took only one shot on goal. From the defensive point of view we did something wrong, offensively we can do more".
Many have thought that Italy pulled up a little on goal against Poland. With this, people started to wonder if it would be possible for the co-existence of Immobile with one of Belotti or Balotelli: "The position you play in is not as relevant to performance - the attacker explained again - the coach can line up what he prefers. What ultimately makes the difference is the head with which you come on the pitch and the determination you have to do well. The harmony is only to help the comrades who are close to you."
