It seems that the tradition and prestige of Italian soccer has once again been recognized. |
It would be a mistake to consider this match simply a formality, |
It would be a pity not to have him at the World Cup because he is a very important player for Italy. But we are expecting him (to be there). |
It's one thing to play little, another not to play at all. If I had to choose the team based on who was on the bench in the first round of Serie A, I wouldn't have called up [Rino] Gattuso and [Christian] Vieri either. |
It's too bad we couldn't play our best tonight, but we're hopeful for the return match. |
It's true, we can say we are within sight of the finish line, since we only need one point to qualify, |
Juve is the most complete team. |
Juve is the most complete team. Milan can alternate champion strikers game by game and Inter is a work in constant growth with a desire to win that is unparalleled and puts it on the same plane as Juve and Milan. |
Luckily we were able to win. It's so important to start off well. |
No one did better in the final phase of last season. |
No one ever said he was done with the national team. |
Now we are halfway through the work. Let us be frank, it is normal for Italy to qualify and it would have been a grave matter had we not done so. We now have three friendly matches to work on things further before Germany. |
Some players can be certain, others a little less, |
That was a demonstration of the quality of the players we have, |
That was a Ghana in disguise, because it was missing several players. They're going to want to surprise us. |