Italy’s European Championship ended in the worst possible way. The Azzurri were never convincing and in the end the right elimination came at the hands of Switzerland
Italy’s European Championship ended in the worst possible way. The Azzurri were eliminated by Switzerland in the round of 16, but more than the elimination, the team’s performance was worrying. “On their faces more indifference than displeasure, as if they were victims of an injustice, rather than protagonists of a defeat. With some exceptions – Stretcher, Bastoni, ZaccagniObviously Donnarummathe only one with Cristante e Darmian to speak for everyone – it almost seemed as if the sporting disaster of this expedition did not concern them. But even in that ostentatious pride, cracks were opening which eventually gave way to the need for a confrontation. Coach and team face to face, saying to each other what the need to row together has prevented them from saying for too long, probably“, points out Republic.
“In summary: the team wanted more certainties. The coach wanted more conviction on their part. The players would have preferred to adopt a script more familiar to them – all or almost all of them come from teams that mainly use a three-man defense, or rather a five-man defense – and perhaps choose a more cautious attitude. It is likely that the team has not digested the frequent changes in formation: too little time for too many indications.”
“I’ll have to change something,” he confessed Spalletti before leaving Berlin. But the coach, in front of the team, also claimed his leadership. He is the leader and the decisions, like the responsibilities, are up to him. A way to draw a line after this disappointment, this embarrassment. To understand if it is the basis for starting again together and building the team that must not fail to qualify for the World Cup for the third time. Or if it is the reason for making different choices. More extreme and definitive”.
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