In a bottom up La Gazzetta dello Sport, Luigi Garlando he talked about how in his opinion theItaly will have to face Spain in the second match of the European Championship: “The direction is right, that of the game. Luciano Spalletti certified it with the Edict of Dortmund: «It’s not important to win, it’s important to play well, because only by playing well can we The others are stronger and more physical. It’s no coincidence that the two national teams are similar ‘Italy reacted so coldly to the disadvantage, it’s precisely because it knew what to do, it had the strength of an idea.”
Focus on some individuals: “It is no coincidence that Chiesa, on his debut, immediately collected the UEFA man of the match award: Spalletti lit up a tactical light in him that he didn’t have at Juve. In Dortmund’s active accounts, in addition to the game and Chiesa, also the real best on the pitch, a monstrous Barella, a Matthaus 2.0, for power, range, clean functionality and quality of play. Then Donnarumma at Buffon. The offensive resourcefulness of Bastoni and Calafiori is also beautiful: a historic pair, the first without a real central scorer. In fact they betrayed embarrassments in the passive phase. The mistake of the Bolognese in the final was about to cause the 2-2. The pair will have to be revisited against more capable attackers, for example.
In closing: “Spalletti is rightly focusing on the game and cannot tear up the Dortmund Edict. At most, he can make some adjustments: a real goalscorer (Mancini or Buongiorno)? A heavier midfielder (Cristante)? Maybe he could bring forward the changes ( the first ones from Dortmund in the 77th minute) to keep the pace and pressure high and take more care of the preventatives, because when Fabian pots it it hurts then we play the ball, even if we are not Spanish
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