JAKARTA - Bulgarian coach Yasen Petrov asked his team to learn from Italy's success when they won the Euro 2020.
Quoted from Antara from Football Italia, Thursday, Petrov asked his team to learn from the Italian national team about the collective spirit shown in the four-year tournament of European countries.
He added that they wanted to learn that and were inspired by the discipline and positivity shown by the Italian team.
"Italy have a great collective spirit that allowed them to win the Euros and that is what we want to learn in Bulgaria. We aspire to their discipline and positivity," said Petrov.
He also added that he was amazed by the Italian defense when the two teams met in Sofia in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in March.
"I was very impressed in Sofia by the Italian defenders and their goalkeeper, Gianluigi Donnarumma, but while the Azzurri have always been famous for their defence, lately they have also scored a lot of goals. Things are changing," said Petrov.
In addition, he also congratulated Italy on winning Euro 2020 and called it an extraordinary success ahead of the meeting of the two teams in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers for the European zone Group C.
"First of all, I want to congratulate the Italian squad for their European title, it was a great success," said the 53-year-old coach.
The two teams will meet on Thursday, September 2 evening local time in the fourth match of Group C of the 2022 World Cup qualification for the European zone at the Artemio Franchi Stadium, Florence, Italy.
Currently, Italy has managed to top Group C with 9 points from three matches, while Bulgaria is in 4th position with 1 point from three matches.
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