Favasuli: 'Dream comes true' with first appearance for Italy after Palestra's injury
Costantino Favasuli made his debut for the Italy national team after being called up to replace Marco Palestra due to injury. He seemed very happy to realize his childhood dream and thanked his teammates and coach for giving him the opportunity.
Costantino Favasuli was not expected to play for Italy tonight, but Marco Palestra's injury gave him a chance to shine against Luxembourg. ‘This is a childhood dream come true.’ The versatile Catanzaro defender was urgently called up to the squad, while he was participating in the Serie B promotion play-offs against Monza until last week. He was expected to sit on the bench, but a small thigh muscle problem for Atalanta talent Palestra forced him to start in Luxembourg tonight.
“This is truly a childhood dream come true for me, like all my teammates, and we have to thank the coach for giving us this special opportunity,” Favasuli told Sky Sport Italia and RAI Sport. "I really didn't expect to play, because Palestra is one of the best in the world in his position. We are a great group, really united, and today we showed that we play for each other."
The past few days have been a difficult time for this player, as he had to overcome the disappointment of having almost achieved his goal of promotion with Catanzaro. "It was difficult, because we really wanted to win promotion to Serie A and things didn't go as we expected, but it's thanks to them that I'm here today. I thank coach Alberto Aquilani and the club. It's an honor to represent my country with the Azzurri shirt." Favasuli is only 22 years old and can play at left-back or right-back, having scored two goals and provided nine assists in 42 games for Catanzaro this season. He is a product of Fiorentina's youth system and moved to Catanzaro last summer, with Viola receiving a portion of the future transfer fee.
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