Italy, Bonucci: "It eats at me when I lose or draw, we must win next the match"

Leonardo Bonucci spoke to the media at Coverciano, Italy's training facility, where the Azzurri will look to avoid the humiliation of relegation from their group in the UEFA Nations League. A match upcoming against Poland will face Italy, and Bonucci gave his comments on the road ahead for the team: "In the history of Italy there has not been a striker who has had 40 or 50 goals. Riva, in first place, scored 35. Several different strikers have played in this period, but the national team is a different story. It's difficult to find a striker who can score 20 goals in 20 matches. I like winning, it eats at me when I lose or draw. So everyone is aware of my state of mind. But this being said against Ukraine I saw an active, flashy Italy who were only missing goals, which is not an aspect to undervalue. But I remain confident for the future. Poland will be a difficult match, but one that we have to win. This is not a case of do or die, but there is not much time left. Being relegated in the Nations League will complicate our future plans, like Euro 2020 and the next World Cup. Barella? He seems ready, he is already a leader. He led Cagliari by himself, where it gave him the perfect time to grow and make mistakes, but he will be one of the pillars of the national team. Bernardeschi? With respect to last year he has made an enormous improvement, impressive. At Juve it's for certain: he's becoming a man."