Italy flies to the round of 16 of Euro2024. Spalletti rejoices but not too much: attack flops, the coach has an alternative solution in mind.
At the photo finish, when very few people actually believed it. Italy with the last available action he secured the pass for the round of 16 of Euro 2024. The team Luciano Spalletti they played a good first half and created more chances than Croatia, but they were unable to break the deadlock.
The start of the recovery was decidedly less encouraging. In the 54th minute the first great episode of the match: handball by Frattesi in the area and penalty kick for the men Dalic. Modric showed up from the spot but was hypnotized by a super Donnarumma.
The joy, however, lasted very little because Croatia took the lead following the development of the action Modric after another great save from the blue goalkeeper Budimir. The goal conceded led Spalletti to change some men. Italy poured forward, besieged the opponent’s penalty area but without capitalizing.
Even the last action of the match didn’t seem dangerous, until Calafiori it was not inserted centrally, enlarged for Zaccagni who of first intention kicked a right-footed shot to the far post which he could do nothing about Livakovic. A network that literally exploded the joy of all Italians.
Italy will face Switzerland in the round of 16
A draw at the photo finish which gave the Azzurri the opportunity to close group B in second place, behind the Spain. Thanks to this 1-1, the National by Luciano Spalletti has secured the pass for the round of 16. On Saturday they will face Switzerland, second in the standings in group A behind the Germany.
The Italian coach analyzed the draw with the Croatians like this: “We were below our level in terms of quality of play. If we do little, little is achieved. I expect more stuff from my players, because sometimes they show it to us. We need to find more balance.” Above all, Dalic’s selection was disappointing Retegui and the successor Scamacca.
Spalletti thinks about a false 9 with Switzerland: watch out for Folorunsho and Zaccagni
The striker of Genoa, who started, came close to scoring with a header but then throughout the entire match he made too many empty runs and was almost never dangerous. The impact of a little better Scamaccawhich however did not produce the desired effects.
For this reason Spalletti against Switzerland in the round of 16 match he is thinking of a surprise solution to overcome this problem. Be careful with the hypothesis false 9: in this sense the main candidates are Folorunsho and Zaccagni.
