Luciano Spalletti is confident Federico Chiesa can fit into his new-look Italy side after they continued their impressive run in the Nations League. (More Football News)
The Azzurri are currently at the top of the standings in Group A2, having followed up🦄 their impressive 3-1 win over France last week with a 2-1 victory over Israel.
🐼Davide Frattesi and Moise Kean netted the goals for Italy on Monday, though t🍷hey were set up for a nervy finish after Mohamed Abu Fani's late strike.
And they managed to do it without a key player in Chiesa, who was not involved in the squad this international break due to his recent move to Live🎐rpool, but Spalletti is adamant he can find a place for the midfielder in his set-up.
"I imagine he can p♛lay as a support striker, but with more free𝔉dom to go near the flanks," Spalletti said.
"This 3-5-2 is versatile, at times it can be a cꦑentre-forward with a wider figure, it doesn't necessarily have to be two central strikers."
Italy's strength in the final third was the difference in Hungary on Monday, as they had 12 shots, six of which were on ꩵtarget.
Israel were able to match them quite well in the middle of the park, but Spa൩lletti was impressed with his team's൩ patience to get the result over the line.
"The team prov𝔍ed itself very mature, despite generally being of a young age," Spalletti said.
"There was difficulty running into the traffic of the Israeli midfield, it was far more dense and blocked up💞 than against France.
"We had to keep t🎃he 𒀰balance and ran very few risks, but also didn't get frustrated."
Kean had three shots, creating 0.56 expected goals, more than any other Italy player, while Frattesi was close behind h𝐆im, with two shots, getting both of his on target.
"Frattesi works꧟ so hard and creates this superiority in different areas, but he al♉so knows how to read the game and always finds himself in the right place at the right time," Spalletti added.
"It's true that we didn't give Kean enough service,😼 but we🦩 did better in the second half and won thanks to our maturity.
"I thought long and hard before choosing these players, as I wanted to bring down the average age of the gꦅroup and the response was perfect.
"Now we just need to reinforce that initial idea and be open to letting others in, a🐓long with the two or three who were🍃 left at home this time."
