At the end of Spain-Italydecided by the own goal of Calafiori, Leonardo Bonucci he spoke after the match of “European Nights” to analyze the defeat of the Azzurri Spalletti. The former defender of Juventus he has declared: “What impressed me about Spain is that they were very quick with the lines between midfield and defense and this put our dribbling in difficulty. I had only seen a similar difficulty in the final of Euro 2012 (finished 4-0 for Spain, ed.). The most important thing to do is to analyze the errors the next day and then reset: against Croatia it’s inside or outside and even if you have two results out of three, Italy shouldn’t take the field for a draw. Matches can also be decided by episodes, so we shouldn’t rely on the fact that even a draw is enough for us“.
Bonucci’s words
“The aggression of Spain It’s the one that gave us the most difficulty. With two diagonal passes you can overcome the pressure, so we managed to create the two most dangerous chances like that of Scamacca for example. Of course we lacked clarity to see these plays, to see the insertions of the wingers: againstAlbania we often built in the opponent’s half, this helps. There’s no point in feeling sorry for ourselves, we have the chance to get through again and we need to think about this. We must avoid the same mistakes against CroatiaI’m sure we’ll see a great one again Italy“. Then on the own goal of Calafiori he added: “Calafiori was unlucky: he went to protect the ball from the intervention of the Spanish attacker at the far post and Donnarumma’s deflection condemned him“.
