Sacchi: “Huge difference between Spain and Italy, let’s learn from mistakes and no presumption”

From the columns of La Gazzetta dello Sport, Arrigo Sacchi thus analyzed the defeat ofItaly 1-0 against Spain: “The picture of the match is quickly done: there was an organized collective against a group of players wandering around the pitch. The difference between Spain and Italy, from what we saw last night, is enormous.

De la Fuente’s national team – continues Sacchi – plays dominant football, has technical and tactical knowledge, knows how to move and, above all, does it with the right synchronisms. Unfortunately, Italy is not yet a team: it takes time, it takes patience. We should learn many things from this defeat, and I hope that we will try to learn from the mistakes made without getting caught up in the usual presumption.

Spalletti is not to blame. He is a coach who has been working for less than a year, he inherited a complicated situation and is trying to give a style to a country that has never had one. Serie A doesn’t help him: most of the teams play old football, little in line with European principles, the players struggle to emerge due to the massive presence of foreigners. Working in these conditions is a serious problem, which must be taken into account when giving an opinion on the national team.”