The day after Spain-Italy 1-0, the head of the national delegation Gianluigi Buffon took the floor and from Iserlohn’s retirement
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The day after Spain-Italy 1-0, the head of the national delegation Gianluigi Buffon took the floor and from the retreat in Iserlohn analyzed the defeat suffered in Gelsenkirchen: “We thought we had already reached a certain level and yesterday we probably had feedback that we didn’t expect. I also think that among the explanations for the performance there is that said the coach: the physical aspect on which he wanted to focus immediately struck us, the speed of execution and action they had was different. We must be confident for the future which is immediate.”
You talk about physical aspect and Croatia will come to the last match with an extra recovery game
“It will be a different match with different rhythms, also due to the individual characteristics of the players. The talent will probably be more or less the same, Spain still has something more, but it is a match that we will play to the best of our ability with the knowledge that we can achieve a good result. Above all, we were good at making Albania seem like a lower level team and yesterday probably these difficulties we had made us seem below our real level.”
How did you see the boys?
“I saw them calm. Clearly when the match was over they couldn’t be satisfied or happy, but there was a lot of clarity in the analysis of the match and the difficulties we encountered. Above all, great credit must be given to Spain, because then I He was impressed by this way of playing, these individuals who manage to create numerical superiority at all times and never let you breathe 1-2 minutes of possession to put your thoughts in order Over the 90 minutes the good thing is that we only lost 1-0.”
A vote for Donnarumma?
“If he didn’t concede a goal it was ten, yesterday he saved every shot and he was truly an unbeatable bulwark.”
How do you manage a moment like this?
“Sometimes defeat is easier to manage than victory. In my opinion yesterday we had some answers, regardless of whether they were negative. And these answers cause that sheet of question marks to begin to fill up and some question marks emerges. If after Albania we thought we were worth nine, after yesterday’s match you can’t think we are worth four. The reason is probably somewhere in the middle and we have to find our level to compete as early as Monday.”
Regardless of the quality of the opponents and the athletic condition, yesterday there wasn’t a shot on target. Maybe it’s not time to start playing with the two strikers?
“In this period the coach has shown that he is very flexible, even depending on the moments he has tried to deploy the team in the most dangerous way possible. These are things that he is certainly analyzing and will analyze.”
You are a specialist in third group matches and Croatia will be playing for their lives. How do they deal with them? Where should you leave your fear?
“There doesn’t have to be any fear, you can get the right amount of pre-match anxiety until you go out on the pitch to warm up. Afterwards it should just be fun because you have the opportunity to showcase your talent. If anyone has he must overcome his fear in this way, thinking that by taking the field he can showcase his talent. We do a wonderful job and everyone would like to be in our place even in such a delicate match. There are also two results three but this is not a thought that the coach will want to do and the boys will want to do. The first thought will be to find some certainty, a bit of ourselves after last night’s skid. And I am convinced that in the end we will play a different type of match and we’ll stay here and talk about other things.”
