In the stadium that brought her to the top of the world, the modest Italy by Luciano Spalletti abdicates in the eighth round Europeans against the Swiss. An elimination so deserved that it doesn’t even hurt too much, because there is nothing to save, no real regrets to hold on to, nothing at all in the afternoon in Berlin.
And the man who, once again, is the best on the pitch, the captain of this Italy team, is also aware of this. Gigio Donnarummawho at the end of the race puts his face on it and apologizes to the fans and does not seek alibis. Alibis that, in a certain sense, he naively has to seek Shoulder pads to the microphones of RAI, bringing up the heat, preparation and physical form. The words of the coach, which triggered the reaction of Lele Adani.
Italy annihilated by Switzerland
Switzerland annihilates Italy and eliminates it round of 16 playing a careful match, decided between the two halves by the goals of Remo Freuler and Ruben Vargas. The performance of the Azzurri is among the worst ever offered by the national team: zero ideas and zero play, with only one shot on goal and a Scamacca’s extemporaneous postemblematic of the little anger and determination with which he defended the title won in 2021.
Donnarumma puts his face on the line
At the end of the match, the captain’s analysis, Gigio Donnarummaspeaking to RaiSport, she is clear and honest: “This elimination hurts, it hurts terribly. We apologize to everyonewe disappointed and they deserved it. There is nothing else to say. The elimination is deserved and, given how it came about, it’s very hard to digest. The first half went terribly, then, we had to react in the second. Instead, we conceded the second goal right away. Without courage? No, today everything was missingthe quality, the courage, everything…”.
Adani doesn’t believe in Spalletti
Statements that do not seek excuses or alibis, as instead was done by Spalletti, who absolutely did not convince the RaiSport commentator, Lele Adani: “This is a disastrous match, one of the worst in the recent history of the national team, we have hit rock bottom, we are at the beginning of a project and we must already erase everything and get back up. If Spalletti talks about pacewe must take responsibility to look for reasons why we go slowly. All the players have played grueling championships and they all play in 30 degree temperatures, not just ours. And let’s not forget that we also dropped off in the second half against Albania.”
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