TMW
David Frattesiauthor of Italy’s provisional 2-1 against France (3-1 the final result), spoke about the Italian restart in the mixed zone. This is what was gathered by TMW at the Parc des Princes: “I’m happy, when goals help the team they always have something extra. This evening should have been a restart for us. The flop at the European Championship in my opinion was a mental thing, there was a lot of pressure and even inside the dressing room we felt it too much. We were exhausted. Tonight we were good, we tried a few things, but they stay with you. We went in the right direction”.
On the blue restart: “You always learn from defeats, I think the atmosphere has changed. We are freer and more relaxed. We must continue on this path, with this spirit”.
On the hug with Spalletti after the goal: “We all had a bad summer, but we met again and shared the blame. It’s not 99% him, 1% us, because we are the players who go on the pitch. Let’s say it was the embrace of the restart”.
What the Azzurri thought after Barcola’s goal in the 13th minute: “Now it’s 6-0 (laughs, ed.). Jokes aside, we thought we had to start doing what the coach asked us to do.”
On the early change: “I was just a little tired.”
On Spalletti: “The coach is very strong on the pitch. Before the match, he described a game to us which is what actually happened. We were good at finishing.”