“We have seen many good things, but they must lead to something concrete. Otherwise, if they remain ends in themselves, they are useless.
There was the possibility to hurt Albania several times, we created opportunities to attack their defensive line, but then we went back”, Luciano Spalletti told Rai Sport after the 2-1 victory over Albania in their Euro 2024 debut.
The Italian coach also commented on the performance of Nicolò Barella, who recovered in extremis and scored the goal for the final 2-1: "Is it essential? The national team can do without anyone, we have 26 strong players, the team does not depend on just one player", Spalletti specified.
Italy had a harder time recovering: “In the second half they tried to do something more, we should have carved out even more space for ourselves but on the way up we were sucked into their defensive line and we didn’t follow their pressure.
We could have slotted in and got to the edge of the area, but sometimes we get a bit comfortable in doing things. Even when we had the chance to control it, we did it in a comfortable way, not in a tenacious way”, concluded Spalletti.
Article published on 15 June 2024 - 23:14
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