Italy coach Antonio Conte says new players will have to work hard to join group which secured the Euro 2016 qualification.

SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Italy coach Antonio Conte:

"Whoever will join, and if someone else will join us, he will have to really earn it, and show he is so much better of someone else who played the qualifying stage. This is the message I am sending, because we went through the group stage with certain players, so whoever will want to join this squad will have to prove something, and prove it in a really strong way."

SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Italy coach Antonio Conte:

"Certainly we are no favourite this time, we perfectly know what happened in the past and what we are doing now, how we are working to go back to the top. We have neither a minimum nor a maximum goal, we'll reach the goal that we deserve."

SOUNDBITE (Italian) Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini: (On having Conte as coach.)

"I won't play for much longer, perhaps three more years and I hope I will be with him, then of course we'll have other chances to meet, but because I'm not eternal, I hope to have him next to me as long as I play."