Andrea Barzagli Archives - New Mail Nigeria https://newmail-ng.com/tag/andrea-barzagli/ Hottest and Latest Updates of News in Nigeria. Re-defining the essence of News in Nigeria Sat, 18 Nov 2017 20:20:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://newmail-ng.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-newmail-logo-32x32.png Andrea Barzagli Archives - New Mail Nigeria https://newmail-ng.com/tag/andrea-barzagli/ 32 32 Tearful Italian football boss says he’s not slept since Russia 2018 miss https://newmail-ng.com/tearful-italian-football-boss-says-hes-not-slept-since-russia-2018-miss/ Sat, 18 Nov 2017 20:20:44 +0000 http://newmail-ng.com/?p=74238 Italian football federation (FIGC) president Carlo Tavecchio said he has not slept since Monday’s failure to qualify for 2018 World Cup, which he blamed firmly on coach Gian Piero Ventura. Ventura was sacked on Wednesday, two days after a goalless draw at home to Sweden meant that Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup […]

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Italian football federation (FIGC) president Carlo Tavecchio said he has not slept since Monday’s failure to qualify for 2018 World Cup, which he blamed firmly on coach Gian Piero Ventura.

Ventura was sacked on Wednesday, two days after a goalless draw at home to Sweden meant that Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958.

Tavecchio, 74, is under pressure to follow suit but has so far stood his ground.

“The debacle was technical, the coach made the wrong technical choices,” he said in a trailer for a programme which will be broadcast by the Mediaset network on Sunday.

“We played the wrong way. Sweden’s players are nearly all over one metre 90 and we kept crossing the ball into the penalty area. We needed our small players, but they were on the bench.”

In the interview, conducted in the back seat of a car, Tavecchio accepted that it was his decision to appoint Ventura.

“The coach was chosen by me. I‘m under stress, I haven’t slept for four days,” he said with tears welling in his eyes.

After the match, Ventura apologised for the result but not for the effort shown by his players.

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said neither goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon nor defender Andrea Barzagli, who both announced their international retirements after Monday’s game, would play in Sunday’s Serie A match at Sampdoria.

Buffon won 175 caps for Italy and next year’s World Cup in Russia would have been the sixth for the 39-year-old.

“Buffon and Barzagli are fine, they are getting over the disappointment but they won’t play,” Allegri told reporters.

“Life goes on but they need time to get over it. After 15 days with the national team, which has absorbed a great amount of physical and nervous energy, it’s only right that they rest.”

Allegri, who has won three successive Serie A titles with Juventus, said he was not interested in the Italy job for now.

“It’s an ambition of mine, but not at this moment,” he said. “I’ve got plenty on my plate.”

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Buffon ends career in tears https://newmail-ng.com/buffon-ends-career-tears/ Tue, 14 Nov 2017 13:22:09 +0000 http://newmail-ng.com/?p=74064 A tearful Gianluigi Buffon said he was “sorry for all of Italian football” as he led a wave of international retirements after a World Cup play-off defeat by Sweden. Italy were held to a 0-0 draw in Milan and failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958. Buffon, 39, said: […]

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A tearful Gianluigi Buffon said he was “sorry for all of Italian football” as he led a wave of international retirements after a World Cup play-off defeat by Sweden.

Italy were held to a 0-0 draw in Milan and failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958.

Buffon, 39, said: “It’s a shame my last official game coincided with the failure to qualify for the World Cup. Blame is shared equally between everyone. There can’t be scapegoats.”

Buffon’s Juventus team-mate Andrea Barzagli and Roma midfielder Daniele de Rossi also ended their Italy careers, while Juve defender Giorgio Chiellini is expected to join them. The quartet have won 461 caps between them.

Goalkeeper Buffon made 175 appearances for his country in a 20-year career – lifting the World Cup in 2006 – and believes the future could still be bright for the four-time world champions.

“There is certainly a future for Italian football because we have pride, ability, determination and after bad tumbles, we always find a way to get back on our feet,” he said.

Italy manager Giampiero Ventura did not speak to national television after the defeat but arrived at a news conference 90 minutes after full-time.

The Italian FA have said they will meet on Wednesday to discuss the future of the coach, who is under contract until 2020.

“I have not resigned because I haven’t spoken to the president yet,” Ventura, 69, said after the game.

“I’m sorry for being late, but every player I had the privilege of working with, I wanted to salute individually. Resignation? I have to evaluate an infinity of issues. We will meet with the federation and discuss it.”

Barzagli, 36, said it was “painful” to “leave this group of lads”.

He added: “I don’t know what we missed. All I know is we’re out of the World Cup. It’s a unique disappointment.

“The era of four or five veterans comes to a close, the one of the hungry young players coming through begins and that’s how it should be.”

There was a bizarre moment late in the game when De Rossi was asked to warm up but pointed instead at Napoli forward Lorenzo Insigne, a player Ventura refused to call upon despite pressure from Italian media and supporters.

“I just said we were near the end and had to win, so send the strikers to warm up!” said De Rossi. “I pointed to Insigne too.

“I just thought perhaps it was better that Insigne come on instead.”

Ultimately, De Rossi, 34, was not used either as Italy failed in their search for the goal that would have taken the tie to extra time.

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