"Immobile? I'm not kidding anyone: I know that he is an important player for his club and for the national team; at the moment he is unable to express his potential, but I have to take everything and everyone into consideration, and at this moment he was right to choose others, and I chose others".
Thus Luciano Spalletti, Italy coach, in a press conference at the Giulio Onesti, speaking about the absence of the Lazio center forward among the squad.
As regards the failure to call up Scamacca, Spalletti explains that "it was a period without playing, and when I called him he didn't express the best of himself. You have to be able to demonstrate immediately that you are at the level of the national team, given that in the first match of the European Championship we will have everything at stake."
The coach is satisfied with the attackers he has called: "Retegui is a player in good condition, I know Raspadori very well and he knows how to play the dual role that is required of him. I want to get to know Lucca closely, to understand what he is made of. He is tall, strong in the head, young, has good qualities. There will always be someone new that we will evaluate, and this highlights the disappointment of leaving someone at home."
'Acerbi says no racism but attention is needed'
"It is a huge disappointment to make decisions for these episodes here. But we must be careful, even when we report an episode like this."
Luciano Spalletti said this in a press conference when speaking about the Acerbi case.
"We saw Francesco in difficulty, but we must be careful of our behavior, we have responsibilities", he added.
And then again: "From what Acerbi told me, it is not an episode of racism."
To those who asked him if he had heard from Juan Jesus, he then replied: "He doesn't answer, his phone is turned off".
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