Chiellini: Italy well-prepared for Euro

Giorgio Chiellini said he believes Italy are
on the right track as they prepare for
their Euro 2012 finals campaign.
The Juventus defender admitted the
national team initially struggled after the
2010 World Cup, but is confident that
they have since made steps forward.
“It has been a gradual growing process.
To begin with we struggled a bit because
it took a while to shake off the
disappointment of our World Cup
campaign and we had to turn over a new
leaf by introducing a raft of new players,”
Chiellini told Uefa.com.
“But then slowly but surely we began to grow in
confidence and believe in ourselves and the new
style of football that we were playing. The
positive results also helped our cause and gave
us the belief that we were on the right track.”
Italy start Euro 2012 against Spain on June 10,
before taking on Croatia and the Republic of
Ireland in Group C.