The words of the Italian delegation head: “We thought we had already reached a certain level and yesterday we had feedback that we didn’t expect”
The head of the Italian delegation spoke to the microphones of the reporters present at Italy’s retreat in Germany Gianluigi Buffon he spoke like this after yesterday’s defeat against Spain: “We thought we had already reached a certain level and yesterday we probably got feedback that we didn’t expect. I also think that among the explanations for the performance there is what the coach said: the physical aspect he wanted to focus on immediately struck us, the speed of execution and action they had was different. We must be confident about the future which is immediate”, reports TMW.
You talk about physical aspect and Croatia will come to the last match with an extra recovery game.
“It will be a different match with different rhythms, also due to the individual characteristics of the players. The talent will probably be more or less the same, Spain still has something more, but it is a match that we will play to the best of our ability with the knowledge that we can achieve a good result. Above all, we were good at making Albania seem like a lower level team and yesterday probably these difficulties we had made us seem below our real level.”
How did you see the boys?
“I saw them calm. Clearly when the match was over they couldn’t be satisfied or happy, but there was a lot of clarity in the analysis of the match and the difficulties we encountered. Above all, great credit must be given to Spain, because then I He was impressed by this way of playing, these individuals who manage to create numerical superiority at all times and never let you breathe 1-2 minutes of possession to put your thoughts in order Over the 90 minutes the good thing is that we only lost 1-0.”
“If he didn’t concede a goal it was ten, yesterday he saved every shot and he was truly an unbeatable bulwark.”
How do you manage a moment like this?
“Sometimes defeat is easier to manage than victory. In my opinion yesterday we had some answers, regardless of whether they were negative. And these answers cause that sheet of question marks to begin to fill up and some question marks emerges. If after Albania we thought we were worth nine, after yesterday’s match you can’t think we are worth four. The reason is probably somewhere in the middle and we have to find our level to compete as early as Monday.”
