"I think I ate something wrong during dinner."
"Who do you think gets into the starting 11?"
"Well, Carlo does, I think."
These whisps of conversations flew about in the tactical room, just a room full of players waiting to know where they stood in the new manager's order.
Marco stepped forward with the lineup sheet in his hand, gave the room a quick look, then started talking.
"England are strong in transition," he said.
"They press aggressively when you lose the ball, and they like to overload the wings. So we're setting up in a structure that lets us control the middle and protect the spaces they like to attack."
The players in the room just nodded, while Marco continued.
"We'll use a 3-1-4-2."
He read the first name.
"Plizzari in goal."
Plizzari nodded once, though there was a hint of a smile in his expression.
"Back line will be Caleb Okolo on the right, Scalvini in the middle and Parisi on the left, but the trio will ultimately just be the 3 back."
