“Spalletti seemed to want to rely on a three-man defense like Inter, the Italian champions. Then the backtracking in Germany: did he get confused?”. In response to the specific question of The Sports Gazette it’s up to Fabio Capellocalled to analyze also from a tactical point of view the painful elimination of Italy from Euro 2024: “From what we saw on the pitch, I think that the confusion was generated above all by the players – explains Capello -. In the playmaker role, Jorginho and then Fagioli played, but neither of them is the Lobotka of Luciano’s Napoli. They have different characteristics: against Switzerland Xhaka did what he wanted, Fagioli didn’t even go to get him. I, however, would use another word for Spalletti”.
Which?
“Presumption. I had the feeling that already against Spain the coach didn’t think as a selector, but as a club coach. In essence, he sent a team onto the pitch saying to himself “we are us, they are them, let’s see who is better” , choosing the back four against the strongest attacking wingers in the entire European Championship. And we saw who was better…”.