Barzagli will finish his career in the Italian national team

The defender of Juventus Andrea Barzagli reported that he will finish his career in the Italian national team after the European Championship 2016, which will be held next summer in France. 34-year-old player made his debut in a T-shirt Azzurri in 2004 and since then has played for the national team in 52 matches. I will leave the Italian national team after the championship, it’s the right time to give the opportunity to the new comers. In the national team of Italy Barzagli became the world champion in 2006, in 2012, he reached the Final of the European Championship, and in 2013 won the bronze medal at the Confederations Cup.

Ibrahimovich: The Championship of Europe without me? It’s impossible

Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic said that he can’t imagine the European Championship in 2016 without the participation of his national team. At the end of the qualifying round the Swedes took third place in the group, behind Russia and Austria, and now they will play in the play-offs in November.

"I don’t want to miss The European Championship. This is impossible to imagine the Championship without me. We couldn’t reach the Final but we can find another way too. Whoever becomes our opponent in the play-offs, it will be very difficult - in such matches all laid out for 200%. But I am sure that we pass on," - online edition of Goal quoted Ibrahimovic.

Van Persie: I'm not the one who runs away from difficulties

Forward of Fenerbahce Robin van Persie commented on the bad qualifying round of Euro-2016, which was held by a national team of the Netherlands. The team of Danny Blind took fourth place in the qualifying group and reached the final of the European Championship.

“I'm not one who runs away from difficulties. I will not leave the Netherlands national team. Now the team will face criticism, which we hit in the near future - from fans, media and even from everyone.

I am honored to defend the colors of the Netherlands national team. Whether in good or bad times,” - The Telegraph quoted Van Persie.

Del Bosque: is planning to leave his position European Championship

The coach of Spanish National Team Vicente Del Bosque Spain will certainly leave his post after the European Championship of 2016. He said that he hopes his team would win the right to participate in UEFA Euro of 2016.

“If I am offered to extend the contract, I think I will not accept the offer. I intend to work out my current contract, to fulfill my obligations and complete my duties in 2016. I don't want to speak out clearly, but it is unlikely that I will accept the proposal,” – said Del Bosque.

Earlier it was reported that the leadership of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) is satisfied with the work of Del Bosque and intends to offer him the prolongation of the agreement until 2018.

Goal of Dzyuba brought a victory to Russia over Sweden

The match of 7-round Group G of European Championship qualifying-2016 at the opening of the Arena in Moscow, Russia with minimal score beat Sweden.

The only goal was scored shortly before the end of the first half of the match. On the 38th minute the Russians succeed the perfect combination: Roman Shirokov has made a beautiful transfer heel into the penalty area on the stroke of Igor Smolnikov, and Artyom Dzyuba scored into the empty net.

Thus, Leonid Slutsky started with victory as the head coach of Russia. With this victory, the Russian team had reduced the backlog. In the next qualifying match Russians will play against Liechtenstein on 8th of September.

Pirlo, Criscito and Giovinco are invited to Italy national team

Italian coach Antonio Conte called for preparations for the qualifying matches of UEFA Euro 2016 from Malta (3 September) and Bulgaria (6 September) 28 players, including Defender Domenico Criscito (Zenit). New comer from Juventus to MLS Andrea Pirlo and striker Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto) are also included in the list. Midfielder of Juventus Claudio Marchisio is missed from the line-up due to injury.

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Daniele Padelli (Torino), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint-Germain).

Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Sassuolo), Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus),Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Domenico Criscito (Zenit), Matteo Darmian (Manchester United), Mattia De Sciglio (AC Milan), Manuel Pasqual (Fiorentina), Andrea Ranocchia (Internazionale).

Midfielders: Andrea Bertolacci (AC Milan), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Alessandro Florenci (Roma), Marco Parolo (Lazio), Andrea Pirlo (New York City), Roberto Soriano (Sampdoria), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain).

Forwards: Antonio Candreva (Lazio), Eder (Sampdoria), Stephan El Shaarawy (Monaco), Manolo Gabbiadini (Napoli), Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto), Ciro Immobile (Sevilla), Graziano Pelle (Southampton), Franco Vasquez (Palermo), Simone Dzadza (Juventus).

Pelle: I am 29 years old, not 39. Not that I'm old!

Italian striker Graziano Pelle said he was very happy to score his first goal in Italy in the first match, and ironically noted that it did not consider his age too great to debut in the national team.

Recall, ahead of Italians visiting the Malta national team won with a score in the qualifying tournament for Euro-2016 on wards. Pelle had the only goal in this meeting.

“I am 29 years old, not 39. Not that I'm old! Now I am happy, everyone has their own path. Glad I got to the point, it is especially pleasant that managed to score. It is always important for a striker. I had one more time, I could not score. On the one hand, I'm happy, but at the same time, angry at myself, as could play better. I have been able to work together with Ciro Immobile, we worked with a trainer for a week to find new options.” – said Pelle.

Rooney: It's a good win for us

England National team's striker Wayne Rooney said on the match with Estonia national team in the qualifying stage of UEFA Euro 2016.

“Over the years, I've proven that I can score goals. Their goalkeeper had a great match, but we can be happy with their game, we have a young team. We knew that the game would be so expected that Estonia will play from the defense and it will be difficult to hit their gate. It's a good win for us. We have a strong line-up, in the starting line-up we may leave many players. The choice of the coach was not wrong,” – said Rooney.

Raphael Varane: We closed Cristiano Ronaldo. We all know about his skill

French National team’s defender Raphael Varane commented on the result of a friendly match against Portugal. The meeting, held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis ended in victory for the French with a score 2:1.

“We closed Cristiano Ronaldo. We all know about his skill, and not scored, pleases us. We have defensively. Yes, it was a friendly match, but you saw how it was intense. As a complete match of the teams. With Portugal is always difficult,” – said Varane.