MOSCOW, Sep 4 the Italian national football team, feels like a climber hoisting a flag on Mont Blanc.
Spalletti took charge of Italy on 18 August and took up his duties in September. On September 9, his team will play in the Euro 2024 qualifier away with the team of North Macedonia, on September 12 — at home with the Ukrainian national team.
«It's an incredible feeling, I feel like a climber who is going to hoist the flag on Mont Blanc. For me, this is the highest step in my coaching career. I feel an extreme responsibility,» said Spalletti, video of the interview published on the YouTube channel of the national team .
In May, Spalletti, despite Napoli's first league title since 1990, left the club after asking its president, Aurelio De Laurentiis, for a «year off».
From 2009 to 2014, Spalletti headed the St. Petersburg «Zenith». Together with the Blue-White-Blues, he won the Russian Championship twice and the Cup and the Super Cup of the country once. In Italy, Spalletti also won Serie B and Serie C while in charge of Empoli. With Roma, the specialist won the Coppa Italia twice and the country's Super Cup once.