the words of Costantini and Grandoni
Third match in eight days for the San Marino national team, who will meet Iceland in a friendly tomorrow before diving back into the UEFA Nations League with the away match in Malta (12 June 2022, 8.45 pm – live San Marino RTV Sport). Some changes in the starting lineup are physiological, but Costantini clarifies that thoughts are not turned to Sunday’s challenge: “Tomorrow evening we will certainly see some changes that will also involve some of our protagonists. He cannot and does not want to allow himself to be. : I’m lucky enough to count on a homogeneous group that has always given excellent responses in all its players, so much from those who started the race to those who entered the race “.
Andrea Grandoni, a left-handed winger who recently broke through the wall of 30 appearances in Biancazzurro, does not deviate from this thought. A specific question about the approach that San Marino will have in the light of the last two rather disappointing episodes in the matches – the goal and the penalty denied, respectively by Estonia and VAR -, showed no doubts: “We will have the same approach and attitude that demonstrated with Estonia and Malta. It is clear that the sunburn is evident and we are lucky enough to play immediately to try to make up for it. Iceland is a very good team, very athletically and physically gifted therefore. as much as possible and avoid crushing us. The balls inactive are an element that they know how to exploit very well and we will have to try to deny them this type of outlets. In summary, we will have to bring on the field the same one provided with Estonia and Malta, shown by the fact that we will play a “friendly match. For us there is only the national team of San Marino and there is no difference between friendlies, Nations League or European and World Cup qualifiers. “
When asked about the busy schedule, with a few days to recover between one and the other, Costantini comments: “These series of meetings are extremely expensive. They are for everyone and perhaps a little more for us, who – as everyone knows – we are a very large part of amateur players. I am however very satisfied with the team in the group: even against Malta we changed four players compared to the match in Tallinn, yet the performance was of the highest level we will see. 5 changes between the owners and not only because on Sunday the away match in Malta awaits us. All matches are important to us and must be honored to the last drop of sweat: we always want to do well “.