the words of Costantini and Grandoni • newsrimini.it
Third game in eight days for the National of San Marinothat tomorrow (thursday) will cross within friendly IIceland before plunging back into the climate UEFA Nations League with the away match of Malta (June 12, 2022, 8.45 pm).
Physiological some changes in the titular formation, but Costantini makes it clear that thoughts are not on Sunday’s challenge: “Tomorrow evening there will certainly be some changes that will also involve some of our leading players, but the San Marino national team cannot take and does not want to afford to participate in the lightweight match. It is not in our way of being: I am lucky enough to count on a homogeneous group that has always given answers in all the performers, so much from those who started as a starter to those who are at their best in the race ”.
It does not deviate from this thought either Andrea Grandoni, left-handed winger who has recently broken through the wall of 30 appearances in Biancazzurro. On 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 -, he showed no doubts: “We will have the same approach and attitude that we have shown 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, we will try to stay tall, attack them as much as possible and avoid crushing ourselves. Idle balls 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 be able to bring the same performance on the pitch as we did with Estonia and Malta, where it is from the fact that we will play a friendly. 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 “.
Asked about the busy schedule, with a few days to catch up 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 – are a team made up largely of amateur players. However, I am very satisfied with the group’s response: even against Malta we changed four players in the Tallinn game, yet the performance was of the highest level. In all likelihood, tomorrow we will see 4-5 alternations between the owners and not only because the away match in Malta awaits us on Sunday. All matches are important to us and must be honored to the last drop of sweat: we always want to do well “.
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