Napoli attacker Giacomo Raspadori feels it's the beginning of a new era with Italy.
The Azzurri are to face Holland in the third place Nations League playoff.
He said, We can and must give consistency to a winning cycle, with some disappointments. The talent is there, the desire to get involved is there, it is up to us to do our best in the clubs to express ourselves at our best in the national team."
Surely apart from having experienced the two contrasting moments: at the peak of happiness for the European Championship and the disappointment of not going to the World Cup.
In between there is a lot of experience, many matches played, positive and negative situations to learn from.
Within the group there are great people, for us younger players they are figureheads, values that we carry with us."
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