It was in the air, but it is now official: Giorgio Chiellini has announced farewell from the Italian national team.
"It is normal at the age of 38 to stop and understand things. If I'll be fine, I will play and retire from the national team at 'Wembley', where I have reached the peak of my career.
It would be nice to leave the Italian jersey in a festive match like the one against Argentina. For me it will be the last, I'm sure. "Let's leave room for talented young people," Chiellini said.
Italy will face Argentina on June 1 in the first edition of the "Finalissima", the cup created by UEFA, which pits the winner of the European against that of South America.
The Juventus defender has left doubts about the continuation with the black and white club:
"Let's see, enjoy the 4th place and we also have the Italian Cup. "Then I will understand together with my two families, at home and in the field, what I will do next year."
For Chiellini, who in 2018 received the captain's armband from Buffon, the match with Argentina will be the 117th with the Italian jersey. There are 21 games as captain for him. He is the fourth in history, along with De Rossi, for the number of matches, while he has also scored 8 goals, while entering the history of the greatest defenders that Italy has had.]