Domenico Criscito wants to “give Genoa a smile” when Italy play a friendly against Ukraine there tomorrow.
Tragedy struck the city in August when a bridge collapsed, killing 43 people and injuring 16.
Tomorrow the Azzurri will play at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, with Sampdoria legend Roberto Mancini as CT and Criscito, the Genoa captain, in the squad.
“Both the boss and I have Genoa in our hearts,” Criscito told Il Secolo XIX.
Domenico Criscito wants to “give Genoa a smile” when Italy play a friendly against Ukraine there tomorrow.
Tragedy struck the city in August when a bridge collapsed, killing 43 people and injuring 16.
Tomorrow the Azzurri will play at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, with Sampdoria legend Roberto Mancini as CT and Criscito, the Genoa captain, in the squad.
“Both the boss and I have Genoa in our hearts,” Criscito told Il Secolo XIX.
“Together we want to give Genoa a smile, and to help the city come back stronger than before.
“It’s always a huge emotion [to play for Italy] you see those four stars on the shirt and we’ll be playing in my stadium, the one where I started playing and to which I always come back for Genoa and the city.
“The national team? We don’t have [Francesco] Totti, [Roberto] Baggio or [Alessandro] Del Piero, but there are a lot of good players, interesting youngsters.
“[Federico] Chiesa, [Lorenzo] Pellegrini, [Lorenzo] Insigne and Pietro Pellegri too, who was born in 2001. He seems very strong to me.”