Puneet Bansal
IRENE, South Africa(AP) Italy's team doctor says two weeks of training in the Italian Alps has benefited the World Cup holder as it prepares for matches at high altitude.
Team physician Enrico Castellacci said Thursday that compared with last year's Confederations Cup in South Africa - in which Italy fell at the group phase - players are not having trouble catching their breath or sleeping through the night.
Italy spent 15 days preparing for the World Cup in Sestriere - at an altitude of 2,035 meters (6,670 feet) - and sluggish performances in friendlies against Mexico and Switzerland last week prompted fears they'd overdone altitude training.
However Castellaci said "you can't say that there's a Sestriere effect. We've adapted to the altitude.''
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