He spoke of an “unacceptable defeat”, Fabio Caressaa few minutes after the 2-0 defeat against Swiss which cost theItaly lelimination in the round of 16 Europeans in Germany. But also his historic commentary partner on Sky Sport, Beppe Bergomiit wasn’t subtle.
The duo returned to Berlin, where in 2006 they had recounted the epic triumph of the national team to World Cup in the final against France, but this time the scenario was decidedly more sad and depressing. And the coach cannot help but end up in the dock Luciano Spallettiwelcomed as the savior of the country last August, when he arrived in place of the resigning Roberto Mancini, but he went decidedly into confusion, worsening if possible an already not rosy technical-tactical situation.
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“Spalletti putted Barella on the centre-left, when we all know that it pays less there and the same goes for Darmian – he lists some mistakes by coach Bergomi -. We need to put the players in their positions. Also on Calafioriit’s true that he did well but he lost Sticks because they are two very similar players. Putting them together influenced the Inter player’s performance.”
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But the vice, as almost always in cases of such sensational flops, is upstream. That is to say the summonswith the exclusion of players who with hindsight (but perhaps also before) could have been very useful, to balance the squad and provide alternatives in attack, the most disappointing department. The coach, suggests Uncle, former glory of Inter and National, “left out players of left foot come Politano e Orsolini. He could have moved Chiesa to the other side. From the call-ups I already didn’t understand the choices”. And in the end the very bitter fruits of this chaos were reaped.
