Harsh analysis from the coach Fabio Capello in the post-match of Switzerland-Italy on Sky Sport: “Are you convinced that this national team has quality? As soon as this team slows down a bit and finds a team with a normal pace, they run into great difficulty,” assured the former Juventus, Roma and Milan coach. “He has changed the game a thousand times. Spalletti has changed the game a thousand times. Today there was Fagioli in front of four defenders who was there acting like a fish in a barrel. But the worst thing is that every time we came forward we were exposed on the opposite side and no one noticed. Too many tactical errors were made. I saw a scattered national team. It is not possible that in the second half we were still trying to get into the center against a team that defended with five men and without managing to open up the game. It means that the players do not see it and are not capable, and for this reason they pass the ball 7-8 meters away. I saw a lot of confusion.”
And again: “Tactically we tried everything, but we saw nothing but a team scattered around the pitch. I had the impression that there was no order. I think Spalletti overestimated the squad. He had ideas and wanted to see a certain type of game, but the quality of the players is this. Their dynamism is this. If we go forward in the European cups it is because we are helped by foreign players”.
