{"id":36412,"date":"2024-11-16T23:01:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T20:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=36412"},"modified":"2024-11-16T23:01:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T20:01:34","slug":"spalletti-praises-italys-collective-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/16\/spalletti-praises-italys-collective-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Spalletti Praises Italy\u2019s Collective Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Italy\u2019s head coach Luciano Spalletti credited teamwork as the key to the Azzurri\u2019s success in League A Group 2 of the UEFA Nations League. Italy aims to clinch the group\u2019s top spot against France on Sunday at the San Siro.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Italy secured their place in the knockout stages, starting in March, with a 1-0 win over Belgium on Thursday. Meanwhile, France\u2019s goalless draw with Israel means Italy needs just a point to secure the top spot. Even a loss could suffice, depending on other results.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cCredit goes not just to me but to all the players,\u201d Spalletti said on Saturday, as quoted by the British agency PA Media. \u201cEven those who came off the bench or didn\u2019t play contributed during the match against Belgium. The collective effort is our strength.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Spalletti emphasized the importance of showing appreciation for the players. \u201cAt this moment, more than winning, we need to make the players feel valued. Results often stem from that,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe must approach the game without overthinking or making calculations,\u201d Spalletti added during a press conference. \u201cA draw can only happen if neither team can find a way to win. France will undoubtedly give everything to secure a victory.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Italy\u2019s goalkeeper and captain Gianluigi Donnarumma also weighed in: \u201cFrance didn\u2019t get the result they wanted in their last match, so they\u2019ll come into this one full of determination and anger.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italy\u2019s head coach Luciano Spalletti credited teamwork as the key to the Azzurri\u2019s success in League A Group 2 of the UEFA Nations League. Italy aims to clinch the group\u2019s top spot against France on Sunday at the San Siro. Italy secured their place in the knockout stages, starting in March, with a 1-0 win &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36413,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36412\/revisions\/36413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}