Italian defender gave a comment before the upcoming fight.

The Italian national team will play against Austria in the 1/8 finals of the European Championship.

Defender of the Italians Leonardo Bonucci believes that the Austrian national team is stronger than those teams with which the Italians have already played in the tournament.

" They have the freshness and the class to put on a great match. We, too, are confident, but we need to keep the utmost focus.. Tomorrow you need to be very careful about the details.. We respect Austria, but we must play our football.

Austria is stronger than the three teams we have already met. They have a German playing style, aggressiveness, counterattacks, high tempo, pressing ahead. They are head and shoulders above.

We never said we were stronger than anyone.

We are confident in the correctness of the path chosen by our coach, and the results confirm this.. But if we reduce our demands on ourselves and do not give ourselves up to the struggle entirely, then we will turn into an ordinary national team.. The main thing is the team spirit "

Recall that the match of 1/8 finals Italy - Austria will take place on June 26 at 22:00 Kyiv time. On Football. ua text online broadcast of the match will be available.

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