“So according to you I use the tactic of making the players fall?” So Luciano Spalletti in a press conference he responded to a French colleague who asked him why in the second half the Italian players often found themselves on the ground after clashes in play. “In the second half the Italian players often fell, was it a tactic?” The question was posed to the coach of the Azzurri who, after answering with another question, then added. “Well… It seemed to me that in 2-3 situations there was no foul called. We didn’t escape from the game, but we’re not coming from a very good moment and we were always careful to block the team. And then during the game we do what brings us the most advantage, not the others… Having said that, France is a great team and Italy played a great game. The most important thing for the restart was to see a team on the field”.
Then, on France beaten 3-1 at the Parc des Princes, Spalletti added: “Didn’t he play as a team? I’m not in a position to teach Deschamps anything about the French national team, I watched him from start to finish to learn something and imagine if I’m going to comment on his work. We had never won here and this increases the value of this victory even more. France is a great team”.
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