The cold goal conceded by Italy in the debut of Euro 2024 with Albania raised some doubts about the backlog package. In fact, the blunder by Bastoni and Dimarco was a wake-up call for the entire defence. It must be said that Bastoni immediately redeemed himself by scoring the equalizing goal which then opened the doors to the Azzurri’s triumph. But on Sky’s microphones it is there Fabio Capello to comment on the match and the former Milan, Juve and Real coach criticizes the Azzurri defenders, stating that there is some problem with their reaction times. However, Bastoni is on the line at that moment and Capello doesn’t notice his presence and continues talking.
So the Italian defender makes a face, smiling and seems to say “but is Capello serious?”. Moments of embarrassment therefore. Bastoni responds in kind: “We will certainly meet faster attackers than us – he tells Sky -. But practically it almost always happens that the attacker is faster than the defender, but the important thing is knowing how to behave and I know how to do it”. And on that goal after just 30 seconds, he stated: “No one expected this start, conceding a goal like that with 50,000 fans could have brought us down, but instead we knew how to react and I’m proud of the team. And I feel good with Calafiori. a great player and he proved it at Bologna.”
