Reporter: Regarding Lu Yang and Morici's omission from the recent selection, what are your thoughts?
Sotu: They are still young, and indeed, now is not the best time for them to join the Italy National Team.
Reporter: What do you mean by timing? After next year's European Cup? After Maniero takes over the national team?
Sotu: That's just your speculation; I never said such a thing.
National team match days, a period fans love and hate.
Each year, there are several days of concentrated national team matches.
For clubs, players earn salaries from the club and play for the national team for free.
Besides draining players' energy, if they get injured, the club suffers quite a loss.
And such cases are not uncommon.
Some players might rest for a week if punctured by a toothpick at a club, but they're willing to play through pain injections for the national team, making it difficult for clubs to favor national team matches.
