In an interview with The messenger, Paolo Di Canio spoke about Spalletti’s Italy and its chances at the European Championships in Germany: “Italy immediately made us suffer with that foolishness at the start against Albania but thanks to their stubbornness and the lack of resistance from their opponents we started with a good victory. There are no excellent champions in our national team, there are no champions of the past and therefore our coach can make the difference. I am confident as we have already seen against Albania.”
A hard-fought victory.
“Precisely, this is why I say and confirm that it is an Italy without champions capable of deciding matches. I thought the same things that Spalletti then said: a lot of volume of play but little substance. I would add against a poor team, incapable of defending and to dribble. Italy was unable to take advantage of the opportunities and in the end they saved us a rib from Donnarumma, otherwise it would have ended 2-2.”
Is another success like in 2021 impossible?
“I saw Spain and Germany going at a higher speed. We are waiting for the team to grow, thanks to Spalletti, because none of these players can become a phenomenon in a month. Spalletti can’t say it, but we didn’t have the strength to dare because we didn’t have champions”.
