During the broadcast ‘Bordocampo – I Tempo’, broadcast on Radio Capri, he spoke Giancarlo Padovanjournalist: “Spalletti made a lot of mistakes, but not the call-ups in my opinion, no phenomena were left at home. For me the preparation was wrong, our players ran less than the others, they were not brilliant, the pace was low. All of Spalletti’s precepts that say game management, ball possession and high pressure were betrayed, so we did not produce any action and we were the worst national team of all the European Championships. We qualified in a very difficult group, it’s true, but only by luck and not by merit. Spalletti must start acting as coach, because what he did was for a club team and not for a national team.”
On Spalletti’s tactical choices: “The coach certainly made some mistakes, he fielded the freshest players. He distorted Barella’s role. The only half chance was created by Chiesa, who was on the left, so he could have inverted the flanks. The game system is important, we changed the game system three times in four games and it can be damaging. Perhaps Spalletti also made some mistakes in his attitude, he thought he had a stronger team and was a bit presumptuous, he should have respected the characteristics of his players more while respecting his 4-3-3. When a team is not doing well, the most reliable game system is 4-4-2, but the coach didn’t trust either Chiesa or Zaccagni. Too many crazy choices and too many players out of position.”
On Conte’s Napoli: “I agree with Buffon, with Antonio Conte if you go badly you come in second. I think he is one of the best coaches in Italy and for the Italian championship, I think he does less well for the cups. I think he is Napoli’s most important purchase this year, he will do very well and would have done very well with last year’s team too.”
