Blasi wants midfield role for Italy Tuesday 4 October, 2005
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Manuele Blasi’s Juventus career has been revitalised by adopting a full-back position, but he insists he’ll return to midfield duties for the Azzurri.
“Marcello Lippi recalled me to the Italy squad so that I can play in midfield, although I know it’s important to have versatility in different positions,” assured the former Perugia man.
Blasi had been left on the sidelines following the arrival of Patrick Vieira in the summer, but recently Fabio Capello has turned him into an effective right-back.
That change has coincided with Blasi’s return to the Italy set-up for the World Cup qualifiers against Slovenia and Moldova.
“I hope that this double role can bode well for me in the Nazionale as well as at club level. If I am back in the international side, then it is because I have been playing more regularly of late.”
It would not be a new development for the Bianconeri, as Gianluca Zambrotta was transformed from an attacking right winger to one of Italy’s best left-backs during his time in Turin.
“This could prove useful in the future, but I am a midfielder and will stay in the centre of the park. Of course, if Lippi asked me to play as a defender then I would do it, but even there the competition for places is extraordinary.”
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