The head coach of the Italian national team has gone on to talk about the importance of the Zenit St Petersburg left back to the Italian set-up, among other things.
The international break has come and matches would not be played in the Serie A in the upcoming week. There have been a few players who have had surprise call ups for this edition of the World Cup qualification matches, one of which was the inclusion of
the Zenit left back, Criscito.
Criscito has not been called up since he was dropped from the Italian national team in the European Championships of 2012, held in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Poland-c2983. The former Juventus defender was implicated in the Scommessopoli match fixing controversy for his time
at Genoa.
Cesare Prandelli had gone on to give his reasons for leaving the former Grifone man from participating in the European championships. The former Fiorentina head coach went on to state that the player would be under immense pressure which no human being could
bear and also commented on the fact that the allegations puts him in a flurry of uncertainties.
Prandelli went on to remark that he could have been called up by the Italian authorities on any day, and before the start of any match, which would complicate his strategy for the tournament. However, despite the words of Prandelli, there was another player
who had been selected in the Euro 2012 squad of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leonardo-Bonucci-c22064. Criscito had gone on to state that if Bonucci was at the tournament, then he deserved to be part of the Italian line up as well.
His place in the national team was taken up by the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Federico-Balzaretti-c13451, who had a good tournament. Prandelli went on to reply on the situation of Criscito, and remarked:
“I am delighted to have Criscito available again. Now that everything has been resolved I can again consider him. The decision to leave him out of Euro 2012 was very painful on a technical and human level. I’m sure that he’ll forget all about it once he
steps out on to the pitch.”
The Azzurri’s next two matches are against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884.
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