LIVE TMW – Acerbi: "Immobile? Go on like this would be from the Golden Ball"

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        <b>12.30 -</b> Soon, in the Coverciano auditorium, Francesco Acerbi, Roberto Mancini&#39;s national defender, will speak.

The press conference begins. "I have to congratulate them, they are strong and young. Castrovilli is under everyone's eyes, we imagined he could get his chance. Cistana I met him 2-3 years ago, I had him train with my trainer Simone Loria at Forte dei Marmi. In two years I found him in A in Brescia. He has a great desire, humility, because he had problems by borrowing and getting hurt. This is a well-deserved summons, I am really happy for him. Then he must go on like this, has made few matches in A, must grow ".

On the personality. "I do what they tell me to do, there are people I have to respect, like in society. We are paid by them, period. Personality is in the field, the club decides outside: if you do the opposite you are free to do so, but then you accept the consequences. I have no personality problems, I have a ball, hahaha. "

On the upcoming challenges. "I never thought of a permanent job, I don't have one. I always try to give my best for reasons, for myself, to improve myself. To make sure that the coach has no idea he can change me, in Lazio. In the national team there are so many excellent players, Chiellini is missing an international column, I with my feet on the ground think that every opportunity is a final one.

Two years ago there was Italy-Sweden. "The missed qualification was to see her at a friend's house, I will always remember her. At the end of the game I was incredulous, you always hoped someone would score, but instead it didn't happen and I was really hurt. It's a thing of the past, we're at the Europeans and you have to look ahead. Take inspiration from mistakes but move forward. "

Immobile is doing well. "He is a friend, a great striker, now we need to preserve him. I hope he still has a lot of goals, it is important in Lazio. Even when he made some less … He went on like this would be the Golden Ball. We hope to continue like this , deserves many joys ".

Can Bosnia be a problem? "We are going to a small stadium, 15 thousand spectators. They have not passed but they have the Nations League, we want to demonstrate and continue to win. It is a difficult, difficult field, you risk making a bad impression and we do not want".

How does playing on the national team change? "We build three, I like the role, I do it every once in a while in Lazio, I like to be proactive. But my job is to try to defend well, I've always played, I like being in the heart of the game".

Do you feel the desire to get into the Champions League? "We are doing great things in the championship, four victories in a row. Too bad for the Europa League, it is not the last word, but we had to and could do something more, I in the first place. This leaves us with a bitter taste "The championship does not end tomorrow. We are aiming for the Champions League because we have many strong players, we are amalgamated, but the goal is to get to the Champions League. We hope that this will be the case in May. Our team is strong, the ups and downs that were there … they were worrisome, these four victories must be the starting point, there were matches in which you won and then you went to lose badly.This is the right path, we have shown continuity. third place. Continuity brings you results ".

He will be in front of Dzeko … "For me it is a derby. Then the coach will decide … He is one of the best strikers in circulation, he has a right, a left, a header, control, depth. Then he also shows, on the outward journey, alone, he was apprehensive about "There are other great players, like Pjanic in midfield. It's a difficult game. They'll play for victory, so will we."

The goal against Torino, did he talk about it with Sirigu? "He hasn't greeted me for three days, hahaha. In that game I had already thought of pulling, I was very free in the mid-court area. I pulled and it went well. A few years ago I kicked more, now seeing Luis Alberto, Milinkovic, better pass it go, they make the difference, then it depends on the opponents, now even the small presses and they make you play little.

What is the highest quality of the defense department? "In itself it is a good defense, then it defends itself as a team, nobody has ever defended four against five. We are eleven, we all defend ourselves, we attack in as many. We play and we have fun, all together. The defect is that we must always improve, we are not every day with the coach. Every club coach can change the defensive aspect, this could influence. We all know how we should do to defend.

Is there a particular aspect where we need to improve? "We are not together every day, this is probably the missing thing".

On November 20 there will be a delegation to the Child Jesus. "I am there, there are three of us besides the coach. I am very happy to be there … The other time it came spontaneously, for me it was right once you go – and you don't go there often – to greet everyone, to see them all, "Stay with them. In the end you're there five to ten minutes longer, nothing happened. Then it's not even a good thing never to go there, you think about it in the days and say" hell, but I could dedicate a little time to them ". Not only to write with messages, you go to them and not them to you."

13.03 – The press conference ends.