“We have seen many things goodwhich however they must bring somewhere. Otherwise if they are ends in themselves they are of no use“. These are the words of the Italian coach Luciano Spalletti who, in front of the cameras, after the match, arrives with a half smile, happy after the match victory For 2-1 against Albaniain the debut of the national team Euro 2024. “We should have done it bad several times to our opponents, but we didn’t do it – he continues -. We built the possibility of moving forward and then we came back backwards. That’s no good”.
Match signed by the Nerazzurri goals Alessandro Bastoni And Nicolò Barella who, in ten minutes, overturned the advantage shock Albanian – after just 30 seconds – due to a wrong throw-in by Marco’s. And regarding the mistake made by the Nerazzurri left winger, Spalletti explained: “These are things that can happen happen. We committed one lightnessbut there the desire to go and play in a situation must be appreciated difficult – continues -. If they feel like it and are convinced they can do it, it’s nice and it’s good appreciate and that’s fine.”
But regarding his team, the Italian coach intends to be clear: there are no players essential. “The national team can do without anyone, we have 26 strong players, the team does not depend on just one player.” And on the Italian team’s decline in the second half, “they (Albania) tried to do something more because they were losing, we should have cut ourselves out even more space, but we were sucked into their defensive line and didn’t follow their pressure. We could post and get to the edge of the area, but sometimes it feels a little comfortable in doing things.” And then he concludes: “Even when we had the possibility to manage, we did it in a manner comfortablenot mangy”.
The guide to Euro 2024
Groups, ranking and regulations: who advances to the round of 16
Group A – Germany that wants to become great again and Marco Rossi’s Hungary
Group B – Italy in the toughest group. The usual Spain, Croatia at the last chance
Group C – England “to take her home” and Denmark to find each other again
Group D – The France of phenomena and the Holland of the new generation
Group E – The Belgium of the transition and the Slovakia of Calzona
GROUP F – The eternal Ronaldo against the young stars of Türkiye and Georgia
