Grosso: Talking about history is not helpful to young people. Esposito proves that Italy has excellent young players

In the last round of the European World Cup qualifying group match on Sunday night, the Italian team lost 1-4 at home to the Norwegian team and therefore missed the chance to directly advance to the main match. In an interview with the Italian media "Radio anch 'io lo sport", Italian star Grosso pointed out that it is useless to continue criticizing the team now, but should create good conditions for young people to develop. He also particularly praised Inter Milan youngster Pio Esposito.

As the hero of Italy's 2006 World Cup victory, Grosso now hopes that the outside world will give the team coached by Gattuso an environment where it will not be compared with the past. He said bluntly: "Continuously comparing the past and the 2006 national team will not help young people. I have great faith in the ability of these boys, and we must be good at putting them in the right conditions to express themselves."

After losing to Norway on Sunday, the Italian team will participate in the play-offs for the third consecutive World Cup, and they were disappointed in the previous two times. Grosso said: "Keeping talking about what we lack does not help us get what we need. We have to maintain a balance and admit some obvious shortcomings over the years, and of course I am not just referring to the players. We must work hard to fill these shortcomings, just like our national team deserves it."

When talking about individual players, Grosso especially praised Pio Esposito: it was his first-half goal in the home game against Norway, which once brought hope to the Italian team. Grosso also called for a constructive effort to lead Italy to another World Cup.

Grosso emphasized: "Esposito proved that we have excellent young players. He is young, strong, and is emerging on the two highest levels of Inter Milan and the national team. Esposito is a beautiful thing in our football."

"We often say that we New faces are needed and he proved that these young people are there and they are good. We start from them and rebuild something good. We have to improve our level and we can do that by injecting fresh energy and young people who are eager to play on the big stage."