President of the Italian Football Federation Gabriele Gravina commented on the appointment of Luciano Spalletti as the national team coach and spoke about the immediate tasks of the Scuadra Adzurra.
- We are going through a serious, unforeseen and unprecedented crisis. We are meeting this crisis without compromising our values, prioritising the aspirations of the Italians. There was anger, frustration, you can't hide it, but they stayed inside us, gave us the energy to open a new chapter of our history. In the person of Spalletti, Italians got not just a great coach at the head of the national team, but also a wonderful person," Italian media quoted Gravina as saying.