A great Spainliving up to its fame, enters brilliantly into the round of 16 of theEuropean; there disappointing Italy he’s still in the running, but now he has to beat the Croatia or at least draw in the last match of the group. The team of De la Fuente he clearly deserved the victory which would have been even more rounded if I hadn’t found a man in his path gigantic Donnarumma. From an athletic and technical point of view, the Azzurri are doing badly fence there maturity test: too many errors and the inaccuraciesstinging the wrong passes to escape the verdict of the field, decided by the bad luck Calafiori’s own goal. However, don’t be fooled by the narrow final result: Unai Simon has never been forced into a parade worthy of the name and neverItaly gave the impression of equalizing. The national team paid its dues because it was slow, cumbersome, unrecognizable compared to the race withAlbaniaespecially compared to the first half againstAlbanianever capable of breaking the great opponent pace.
Italy, with Spain “below level”
The self-criticism of Spalletti she was frank and when she says that theItaly was “below level”, he tells the truth, putting his finger on the wound. The coach had given a clear demonstration of trust in him by putting the same team back on the field inaugural race. The first half was a clear, total prerogative of the teams Red Furies which, honoring their nom de guerre, they have attacked the Azzurri immediately, creating four clear scoring opportunities, three of which were prodigiously saved by San Gigio from Castellammare di Stabia. It was predictable, knowing the opponent’s technical rate and theItaly scared and stammering, she staggered. rarely managing to look out from the parts of Unai Simon, never involved in a shot on goal worthy of the name. In midfield, he sank Jorginho who could not keep up with the Iberian rhythm, dazed by the continuous movement of Rodri, Cucurella, Fabian Ruiz Yamal, Williamsman of the match, literally one thorn in the side of the defense and, above all, nightmare of By Lorenzo. In attack, Scamacca and Chiesa they played badly the few balls they touched, even if it’s true that from the difficulties of central package a shortage of supplies arose for theatalantino and for the White blacksystematically removed from the game.
Italy fearful and afraid: Donnarumma the only giant
The half-time bell went blessed since the impression was that, from one moment to the next, the Spain could pass and pass again. The screams of Spalletti (“Don’t play! That’s not good!“), they explained everything. After the interval, the coach changed: Cristante And Cambiaso For Jorginho And Frattesi: the Roma player was immediately booked for the bad foul on Rodri. Again, the recovery was paved with repeated suffering for the Nationalfearful and afraid in front of one Spain dominates the field and deservedly ahead, even if thanks to the unlucky one own goal by Calafiori; then close to doubling with Yamalthen rejected by crossbar which he denied to the unleashed man Williams the 2-0. Out Scamacca and Chiesainside Retegui and Zaccagni, while the irreverent olés of the Spanish fans marked the passing of the minutes. L’Italy he had a surge of pride in the last quarter of an hour. Spalletti he tried them all, including Raspadoribut there was no way and, in recovery, twice again Donnarumma denied the second goal to Spainthe only giant of a little Italy.
