Not a good evening for us National. Spalletti’s Italy fell at home against France and was beaten by two goals, exactly what Deschamps and his boys needed to overcome the Azzurri, fly to the top of the group and relegate us to second place. A misstep that costs the national team dearly and smacks of mockery; if you think back to the success on French soil, this fall on Italian soil hurts even more.
Then you also add the numbers. The debacle of San Siro also marks a negative record, highlighted by the experts of Opt. Italy lost a home match in official matches by two goals for the first time since 15 October 1983 (0-3 against Sweden in that case – in the European Championship qualifiers). Forty-one years ago. An infinity. A figure that gives the measure of the bad evening Spalletti and his.
At the end of the match, however, the coach himself was keen to underline the growth of recent months: “Definitely a positive outcome, we saw some good things tonight too. This defeat creates some problems in terms of belief, but it must not take away from us the certainties we have acquired and which we showed again tonight.”