“We lacked the rhythm, the freshness, which always make the difference”: this is the hot comment of Luciano Spalletti at the end of Switzerland-Italywith the Azzurri eliminated in the round of 16 of the European Championship. “Tonight I changed some players but at the moment we are not capable of doing more than this”, the coach then added to Rai microphones. According to him, the situation would have worsened at the beginning of the first half: “That goal at the beginning of the second half cut our legs off, we were not very incisive, the pace made the difference, theirs was higher in the first half and even in the individual matches there was a different pace between the pairs. Many were not continuous in pressing, in nibbling away centimetres”.
The end of the championship and the weather conditions would also have had an impact – continued Spalletti: “The road to the world championship is very long, but it’s a matter to be done slowly. Certainly more pace, more quality and more sacrifice are needed. Unfortunately there are a few things that also come from How did the championship end?. We didn’t arrive in condition and then the heat also had an impact“. To the microphones of SkySportsinstead, stressed “The responsibility is always the coach’s, I made the choices. I will speak with Gravina and we will hear…”. The Azzurri were eliminated by the Swiss, who scored two goals: one in the first half signed by the Bologna player, Freuler, and the other by Vargas a few seconds into the second half.
