Luciano Spalletti in conference and on TV immediately after the end of the match between Croatia and Italy. A terrible match by the Azzurri who however equalized at the last second with Zaccagni and closed the group with 4 points: a victory against Albania and then a defeat against Spain and a draw with Croatia. At this point, Italy comes second: they will face Switzerland.
11.25pm
Calafiori and the background on Spalletti
Calafiori explains that Spalletti, via video, shows him videos with actions similar to those of tonight: “I knew where my partner could go”
11.30pm
Spalletti and the dedication of his son Samuele
Samuele, son of Luciano Spalletti, published a story from the Leipzig stadium and wrote: “Because we decide when it’s over, come on guys”
11.23pm
Spalletti will have to do without Calafiori against Switzerland
“I don’t know if I have become a pillar, but it was important to react and change our attitude. We deserved to go through, I’m sorry I won’t be there for the next round but I’ll be cheering. I don’t know where I found the energy, but I needed to give something given how I was welcomed”
11.22pm
Spalletti and the challenge against Switzerland
Spalletti and Italy will face Switzerland in the round of 16 on Saturday: READ all the details HERE
11.20pm
All the joy of Zaccagni again
The Lazio player talks about how the goal came: “Calafiori gave it to me very well and I didn’t think twice, the boys destroyed me but it was beautiful”
11.19pm
Spalletti insists: “We must do more”
Spalletti insists: “We have to do more and we have to be cleaner in some situations, we make mistakes that aren’t our thing”
11.18pm
Big party in the blue locker room
Big party in the Azzurri dressing room, when they tell Spalletti to hurry up in the interviews he asks to stay a little longer
11.08pm
Spalletti gets furious: “Too cautious? But what prudence…”
“We have never managed to exploit what we could have done tactically. Prudence? But what prudence? We need to do more at all times. In the first half we lost some balls that we cannot lose, which requires prudence. We need to do things better, the form has nothing to do with it, we need to do more, we were a bit shy”
11.06pm
Spalletti: “The players remained lucid”
“Towards the end no one believes it anymore but our team kept a clear head, we must congratulate them for how they managed a team that finished in such an offensive manner on the pitch. We are below par in terms of playing quality, if we achieve little it’s because we produce not much. I expect more from my players because at times they show it to us. Croatia is a great team that can put any group in difficulty.”
11.04pm
Italy scores, people also celebrate at the Olimpico
There was also a roar at the Olimpico where the 60,000 people equalized Zaccagni’s goal even though everyone, including Totti, was at the Ultimo concert
11.03pm
Zaccagni’s joy
“Immense satisfaction, I’m excited. I will always carry this joy with me, it was important to come second. We did well to stay in the game and we deserved this draw, the coach did well to create this group”
11.01pm
Spalletti: “They deservedly go through”
“Illogical things still happen, we need to get our head around it. We deservedly passed the round, then we’ll think about the next matches”
10.59pm
Incredible Italy, Spalletti’s race
Incredible Italy: when Zaccagni scored, Spalletti also ran onto the pitch. “You believe in it until the last second, there are moments that become highlights, seeing as they were behind making a clean exchange in the midfield it could have been done. We missed sensational goals.”
10.50pm
Croatia-Italy over, Spalletti soon
Croatia-Italy having just finished, coach Spalletti will soon comment on the Azzurri’s match
