Italy, Savona: "Born on the ski slopes, but at ten years old I chose football. Chiellini gave me a lot of advice”

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Golden moment for Nicolò Savona. The full-back born in 2003 is showing off with Juventus and has won his first call-up to the national team, coach Luciano Spalletti has called him for Italy’s next two matches in the UEFA Nations League, against Belgium in Brussels and against France at San Siro. Savona spoke at the press conference: his statements. CHIELLINI’S ADVICE – “He gave me a lot of advice, the biggest one is to always maintain the same humility and work hard to achieve the set objectives. From a technical point of view, that of improving training after training and working hard”. WHEN HE THOUGHT HE COULD REACH THIS LEVEL – “You realize it by being close to champions of this caliber. For my part, when I started my training camp with Juventus. Reaching this goal is a dream come true, training with strong players “. HE’S FROM VALDOSTANO: HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF BEING A SKIER? – “I have a house on the ski slopes, as a child I took part in several competitions. Then at ten years old I had to choose between football and skiing: I chose football, also because I didn’t particularly like skiing. I competed in the slalom”. CAN YOU PLAY OUTSIDE AND CENTRAL: ALSO AS A KICKER? – “Playing different roles is very important today. My characteristics are pushing and defending, but last year I mainly played as a defensive third. I can play both roles and I think this is something to my advantage.” OBJECTIVE WITH JUVENTUS – “Our team objective is to reach the top of the table, we work towards this. Now, however, we are here for a week and we work for the national team”. THE BEST ADVICE HIS COACH GAVE HIM – “Thiago Motta talks a lot to us guys, to the whole team. He is certainly focusing on the attitude of each individual guy, the coach likes to see us happy in training and we are trying to bring a serene environment in the locker room. He is giving a lot of space and I will try to repay him as best I can.” THE RISK TO AVOID FROM NOW FORWARD – “The difficult must come, I know that I must maintain the same humility. Dedication and perseverance are the qualities with which I have arrived this far and I will never have to lose them. I will try to remain as I am “. THE MESSAGES AFTER THE CALL – “I have received quite a few, the call is something more unique than rare. Who to thank? Many coaches have helped me get this far, there are 5-6 of them… I will give the team shirt to someone ‘debut? Many people have written to me about the first shirt with the national team, but I’ll keep it.” THE EMOTIONS OF CROSSING THE COVERCIANO GATE – “For me it’s the first time here, there’s a nice group and it’s a nice feeling.” WHAT SPALLETTI SAID – “He welcomed me really well and I thanked him.” WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHALLENGE AND WHICH MATCH WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY – “I don’t know, I’m saying Italy-France at San Siro, but just being here is a very strong emotion. Challenging Doku of Belgium would be a good test…”.