And’Italia devoid of ideas, slow and awkward, it exits this 2024 European Championship in the worst possible way. Since the beginning of the tournament he has never provided a convincing performance and Spalletti in a month of work he was unable to find the right balance, changing some pieces each time in an attempt to find a team that had never been found.
On the contrary, the Swiss she appeared toned, with precise ideas, athletically superior in every area of the court and deservedly won, just as she deservedly reached this point in the tournament, earning passage to the quarter-finals.
Berlinthis time, it’s bitter. The end of the line of Euro 2024 for theItalia comes in the first knockout match. There Swiss wins 2-0 and on Saturday 6 July at Dusseldorf will face the winner of the match between England e Slovakia. The Azzurri, on the other hand, are left with another performance below their level, in an afternoon made even more difficult by the doubling of Vargas immediately after 27 seconds of the recovery, after that Remo Freulermidfielder Bologna and former Atalanta player, had unlocked the result in the 37th minute of the first half.
And after being outclassed by Spaintoday the Swiss gave the Azzurri another good football lesson.
“That goal at the start of the second half cut our legs short – the words of Luciano Spalletti -, and even if we remained in their half of the field we were not very incisive. The pace made the difference, too much slower than theirs. Even in individuals, in couples, there was a different step. Rhythm and freshness make the difference, beyond quality. We need more continuity of sacrifice, in several states we have not continuously gnawed at the metre, the centimetre. We did not arrive at this European Championship in an exceptional condition. I think there is the possibility of building something, but it takes a little more time: we have to go and find those characteristics in players that we have seen and are missing“.
Switzerland-Italy 2-0
Rarely: 37’ Freuler, 46’ Vargas.
SWISS: Summer 6.7; Schar 7.5, Akanji 7.4, Rodriguez 7.2; Ndoye 6.7 (77′ Sierro 6.1), Freuler 7.7 Xhaka 7.1, Aebischer 7.4 (91′ Steffen 6); Rieder 7.1 (71′ Stergiou 6.1), Vargas MVP 8.5 (71′ Zuber 6), Embolo 6.4 (77′ Duah 6). All. Yakin 6.86.
ITALIA: Donnarumma 6.5; Di Lorenzo 6.5, Mancini 5.8, Bastoni 6.2, Darmian 6.4 (75′ Cambiaso 6.1); Cristante 6.5 (75′ Pellegrini 6.1), Fagioli 6.5 886′ Frattesi 6), Barella 5.5 (64′ Retegui 6.2); Chiesa 7.2, Scamacca 6.2, El Shaarawy 5.8 (46′ Zaccagni 6.5). Coach Spalletti 6.25.
Referee: Marciniak (Poland); fourth officer Tello (Argentina).
