Italy ko? Well prepared, the defeat has only one explanation

GELSENKIRCHEN (Germany) – First defeat at Euro 2024 forItaly Of Luciano Spalletti defeat 1-0 from the Spain in the 2nd match of Group B. Disappointing performance by the Azzurri dominated from start to finish by the Iberians with Donnarumma as protagonist several times to avoid a bigger gap, the coach’s comment to the Rai microphones: “They are fresher than us. We delayed readings, general condition that has been seen. Do something different? The key to the problem is always the same, we were below level to react, to accompany, to return to the back passes to cover low positions. They were younger than us and created problems for us due to the speed of their choices. When he brought in 3-4 fresher players we were more intense and created situations that could have even led us to a draw, they were too strong and deservedly won. Against Croatia it will depend on how we get there“.

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To the microphones of Sky Sport: “On a psychological level there was no better situation than this. We had prepared well, we were coming off a very good performance (against Albania), you go to play against a team that plays football and you have to show that you are as good as them. Instead, Spain was more reactive than us. That is an issue that has put us in difficulty – he adds – Never give up because we are Italians and you don’t give up, but then you try to do it and you always come later because as the minutes go by you can’t find any lines of play because you also lose any geometry and also the reason why we still made that choice because you wanted to try to keep the ball. Jorginho and Barella are good at doing that, but we were in a position to be in difficulty, defending as a composition of the squad on the pitch precisely to try to control the game and then have the same ball possession as Spain, but we don’t have it done“.

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