Prandelli is not thinking about Totti

July 7, 2010

Italy’s new coach Cesare Prandelli said he was optimistic over the future of the national team after their disastrous exit from the World Cup last week. “I don’t want to think about troubles, I want to start off with optimism. I want to offer a national team with quality players, since there are” such players, he said at a press conference. Prandelli, 52, said his goal was to “prove to everyone that this was only a parentheses.” The former ACF Fiorentina manager, said he is not thinking about “calling Francesco Totti in next future”. But Prandelli also said he hoped Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, who was forced out of Italy’s opening match at the World Cup by a recurrence of a herniated disc would be part of his team. “I hope to be able to give him the captain’s armband at the (2012) European championships,” he said. Buffon, 32, has had back problems for two and half years.

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