Looking at it the day after, the ugly, very ugly defeat of Italy against Switzerland perhaps hurts even more.. And in the midst of clichés and warnings on how to revive our football, the day after was also and above all characterized by the confirmation of Luciano Spalletti as technical commissioner of the Italian national team.
This happened inside one double river press conference, in which both the coach himself and the federal president, Gravina, spoke, who did not want to question the new project after just a few months, after having also excluded the possibility of resigning: We have nothing to hide but we must continue to be responsible. We need a sense of responsibility: yesterday there was a long chat with the coach and I believe it is unthinkable to solve the problems by abandoning a project that is multi-year, you cannot abandon the project after 8-9 months. Something needs to change, something needs to be reviewed in terms of approach. There will be deep reflections, yesterday we started to discuss. We all need to grow and we only have one way to do it”.
For his part, Spalletti, while acknowledging the problems that have existed, also prefers to try to look ahead: “After yesterday’s match we went back to zero and we have to start again from there. In future choices I will try to further rejuvenate the squad because the management of some things did not give me the answers I was looking for. We are looking for a more bottom-up future , younger, with new energy and who has new strengths”.