"I am ashamed of the spectacle we offered, on a pitch where you could not play football. It was difficult for Italy as well as for us." Thus Elif Elmas, midfielder of Northern Macedonia, admits the difficulties for the playing field commenting on the 1-1 againstItaly.
“I am happy with this result which is very important for us. With Spalletti I was there for two years, they tried to have a possession game but on this pitch it was difficult. I saw something I know about Spalletti", adds the Macedonian midfielder to the microphones of RaiSport.
The Sandro Tonali commented on the draw in Skopje, inviting us to look ahead to the challenge withUkraine: "We need to start again because we have an important match in a few days. We had the chances. We also interpreted the match well, in the last 15 minutes we had their reaction and we were not able to manage in the best way the few chances they had".
Article published on 10 September 2023 - 11:00