67% of the Serie A is filled with foreigners playing, There are no Italian starting strikers from Juve Inter AC Napoli Roma and most of these club owners are foreign owned now. Yes, Atalanta has an Italian Striker but 8 players are foreigners on the starting 11 and Retegui is playing for a sixth-bottom team in Genoa and he was born and raised in Argentina. The League and Country needs reforms in all aspects. Gravina needs to go. Roberto Baggio wrote a 900-page thesis in 2009 about this and no one listened, I would Hire Baggio and get rid of this old guard that's stuck in the 20th century.

@DirtMasterEdinburgh

2 күн бұрын

spot on

@AD50697

2 күн бұрын

Baggio is prophetic, honest, intelligent and has massive integrity. So of course the political/financial weasels who staff the Federation would not be interested in the truths and vision he offers. But brilliant idea to make him czar.

@AD50697

2 күн бұрын

And what more do you need to know than the fact that the best Italian coach on the planet - Antonio Conte - is not piloting the ship? (I know that Gasperini gets high grades for developing players and Ancellotti has his strengths, but Conte does it all). The team Italy sent to the 2016 Euros was horrid - far worse than the current Azzurri - with no midfield and Pelle and Zaza as strikers! Conte never complained or publicly criticized a player once. He got that team to function like a perfectly tuned, in-sync machine and got miraculous results out of them. The discipline, smarts and organization Conte instilled was remarkable. Perhaps the Federation cabal has never forgiven him for criticizing Serie A clubs for not allowing their players enough practice time with the Nazionale. Disgraceful!

@Marcoz588

2 күн бұрын

@@AD50697Conte is also one of those managers that imposes order, demands discipline, extracts work ethic from all squad members, expects the utmost of his players and gets the best out of them as a result. I like Spaletti and I do admire his tactics, and it’s understandable that he had a shallow pool to pick from. However this team had no identity or leadership. I’m not saying he should’ve played the old guard all the time. Yet it’s evident that Italy had almost no imagination or structure in build up, they were reactive and haphazard both on and off the ball, and always seemed a step behind and constantly pressurised. Spalletti should’ve taken some older heads, even if they were in bad form or moved to lesser leagues. The likes of Immobile, Insigne, Berardi, Belotti, Locatelli, Verratti, De Sciglio and Rugani should’ve been in this squad. Experience on the pitch and off the bench matters, even for the young guys, being led by wise heads counts for a lot. This entire fate of this campaign was unfairly placed on Donnarumma, Chiesa and Barella alone. :/

@alexxela1788

2 күн бұрын

Infact serie A is the second competition in this tournament by partecipating players in all teams, after premier league, and its hilarious

He plays inter players, yet he goes with 433 formation. What a fantastic manager 🤦‍♂️

@indrasulaiman9533

Күн бұрын

433 with di lorenzo and darmian as full back

@SocceratesTFS

9 сағат бұрын

Yes, Spalletti is re tart ed

Spalletti said he wanted to build off of Inter's core, but then doesn't even bother to play the 3-5-2 formation and decides to play multiple people out of their natural positions in an elimination game. He should have been fired for talking out of his ass and incompetence.

@albertozito7737

Күн бұрын

This is his goal. The 3-5-2 formation was played and it fairled. he has had 14 games so far. Maybe God could turn a national team into prime inter in 14 games.

@albertozito7737

Күн бұрын

maybe!

@SocceratesTFS

10 сағат бұрын

Yes, Correct. Spalletti quit now and leave Italy. Never return.

Marco's analysis is spot on. The national team is not a place for you to inject your football philosophy. All he had to do was build the team around the Inter players IN THEIR RIGHT POSITIONS and go with their winning formula. If Spalletti is kept, I'm afraid it will be a disaster in World Cup too

@lucap6211

2 күн бұрын

Yea, if we even qualify.

@Neoyorchese

Күн бұрын

Yes. His club career has to fall off. International football is not club football. Here results in short term are a must. There is no time to recover and fix what you messed up in the prior games. You lose you re out...this is why someone who has this experience was required to start with.

@SocceratesTFS

10 сағат бұрын

That is what Carlo does. Carlo would also have this team getting ready for England.

We missed Tonali in midfield, Zaniolo running up and down the field, Calafiori was out We need to find out the first and second starting line playing as a team. In the past we always took.5,6,7 guys from seria A leaders like Juventus, Milan, Inter for cohesion. Now we need to bring up kids to the bench like Camarda and company to possibly get called for the World Cup Quals

@Germanicus-

Күн бұрын

Don't forget Bonucci and Chiellini. Great leaders and players.

@fabioluisi9607

17 сағат бұрын

And Udogie as well!

@SocceratesTFS

10 сағат бұрын

Why no Orsolini in favor of El Shaarawy? What's the point of that? What about Folorunsho over Locatelli. Stupid decisions.

They should fire him. He talks too much instead of the team talking on the field.

@PS-dp8yg

2 күн бұрын

Well, apparently, he is not going anywhere.

@thefourthchairman4151

Күн бұрын

And his manager suit looks ugly too

Spalletti long term disaster, he will be sacked anyway sooner or later , he is lost and he run out of ideas !!! Waste of time for Italy keeping Spalletti !!!

Disaster from player omissions(Loca, Ricci, Orsolini, Kayode, etc.), not playing Buongiorno, Bellanova, Cambiaso,etc. and sticking with overmatched players like Di Lo, Scamacca, Cristante, etc. Zaccagni being benched for El Sha after scoring winning goal. Shall I go on??Colossal failure from Spalletti. He isn’t a young coach. He isn’t going to learn squat from this experience. Needs to leave!

@markg2307

2 күн бұрын

All good logical points.

@user-gk6gz7dn2u

2 күн бұрын

Isn't locatelli injured?

@michaelgagliardi3332

2 күн бұрын

@@user-gk6gz7dn2u No. He didn’t get chosen in the initial roster.

@JikunWic

Күн бұрын

Skipping Orsolini is big big big stupidity

@Arturo_Fonseca

Күн бұрын

I think he sabotaged the team. Took a hit in this one, to be left alone and not targeted in the next one. England didn't want to face a competent Italy. That is all

Mancini had the Azzuri playing great football early on in his tenure...not buying I only had 14 matches Spalletti OUT!

Not going to lie, I was one who wanted Allegri out at Juve but he'd be a good coach for this national side. Italy's strength is defensive players and he understands better than Spaletti cup tournaments. I don't think he'd be a bad coach and would select better options than Spaletti. Italy doesn't have many attacking options and I think Allegri and his style would suit this Italy.

@Jj.1897

2 күн бұрын

Lol no. He had to build Juve back up and couldn’t. Granted, at Italy he will have the pick of the litter - but he isn’t going to do what needs to be done with the NT and rebuild the team.

@lucap6211

2 күн бұрын

@@Jj.1897agree w this mostly. I think if Allegri was put in the position Spalletti was put in, Italy would’ve done better and gone farther in this tournament. But only in this tournament. I think long term, like Marco said, we would be going be going backwards esp w how the game is played now.

@crokkadoodledoo9956

2 күн бұрын

No way. Allegri is a false profit. He was handed the reins to a peak Milan. Then handed a perfectly working machine and system that Conte built at Juve. You could of put anyone in and they woulda won hence Pirlo and Sarri. Sarri or Montella should be on short list if Spaletti fails in next few games

@Arturo_Fonseca

Күн бұрын

@@lucap6211 He wouldn't have played stupid formations against Spain and Switzerland, and we would be playing England next with Allegri. Switzerland's coach said he knew if Italy was going to play a 4 back line they would run all over them. They did. They targeted the right side because Di Lorenzo is garbage and has been for a few years. It was that side Spain scored from, schooling him all day long. He watche Modric have free run on his goal and Switzerland exploited him time and time again. If simple fans can see it, then tell me how Spalletti cannot? So he's either stupid or left him in deliberately. That's why he needs to be shown the door, because no matter which one it is, he cannot be trusted.

@astanco1574

Күн бұрын

So he can play Chiesa as fullback & overwork him to injury again? Lol he'll naturalize Danilo

They’ve already decided to keep him, but in my opinion he should be fired. I understand in terms of number of matches he’s still relatively new, but this man had an entire year to figure out how he wanted to play, what formation he felt was best, etc. He changed things so many times it’s ridiculous. Plus how on earth could you persevere with Di Lorenzo at right back and not even give Bellanova a chance?

@markg2307

2 күн бұрын

He was the problem no doubt simply for the fact(s) he had no ideas, only used his own guys and did not utilize talent, he must go.

@crokkadoodledoo9956

2 күн бұрын

Sad thing we forget this is as much as Mancinis fault who quit for more money and knew the squad was only getting weaker after euro victory.

The moment Ventura got the job as a Torino fan I knew he would fail because he’s a club coach like Spalletti. Spalletti will have us miss the world cup

Italy is on the verge of missing the world cup 3x in a row. Luciano Spaletti is not the right coach for the job. He's not tactically incline. The midfield was leaky and the attack wasn't clinical. How did he keep Di Lorenzo on the field the entire time when he was the weak link on the team. Currently, Italy lacks the world class players we had in the 90s and early 20s. How can you make 17 changes to the squad from the last one that won euro 2020. We don't need young players, we need experienced players that are willing to sacrifice for the country.

@VitoAnthonyD.-ow7oo

Күн бұрын

Didn't Italy to Spain once, 4-0?

As a team italy has no team no passion no heart which is so strange....the players were walking around shameless no pressing at all.. no striker massive issue...mike chesia was only one with fire and donnarumma

@Arturo_Fonseca

Күн бұрын

Because Spalletti set them up to fail and they knew it. He's shit. He's an idiot. Your best performer who saved your ass should have been rewarded as a starter in the next game, but he starts a bench warmer from Roma? When Zaccagni went on, he set up the only good chance Italy had as Scamacca bounced it off the post. Spalletti has brain rot, and is old and dumb. Get lost.

@albertozito7737

Күн бұрын

just becuase chiesa and donnarumma were the only players who left a mark doesnt mean the team has no passion or no heart. The team has an inferior techinical capability in too many areas. Injuries causing this. Mancini is the shadow of calafior. taking Jorginho off, for me, made little sense. and we have 3 attackers who are serie b quality in this tournament

@SocceratesTFS

10 сағат бұрын

@@albertozito7737 Very bad decisions like Mancini over Buongiorno. SES over Zaccagni. Not bringing Orsolini or Locatelli. Playing a back four where the Swiss coach openly said if they did that, they would get eaten alive. Spalletti isn't that dumb, is he? If so Fire him. If he isn't that dumb and did it anyway, Fire him 2x.

@albertozito7737

9 сағат бұрын

@@SocceratesTFS I know but really who are we to judge the decisions when even players some begged to come on played terribly. We need to put this tournament behind us. We have a bright future and brighter youngsters

@SocceratesTFS

9 сағат бұрын

@@albertozito7737 We are fans so we rightfully can judge decisions. I always give coaches the benefit of the doubt until the coach shows serious incompetence. I believe here that Spalletti has shown the sort of incompetence that rivals Ventura's 4-2-4 vs Spain in September 2017 which put us in the qualifiers vs Sweden, where he doubled down and showed more incompetence bringing in Insigne as DM in game one, and refused to bring him in game 2. That's sabotage. If everyone but Spalletti could see his system was abject failure and he doubled down and kept rewarding Di Lorenzo for failing time and again, as fans we have the right to demand his head and that of Gravina who is protecting him. Gravina is a traitor. The press conference after Croatia, a reporter asked Spalletti about the rumor leaked that some players were picking the formation. Spalletti was visibly very angry, defensive, and did not deny the rumors, instead he confirmed them by asking who it was and saying that this person was trying to hurt the team. He confirmed the rumors essentially. Who lets the players pick? Di Lorenzo was surely part of that group. Di Lorenzo has to go, with his father Spalletti. Go away. Never return.

Vergogna. Get rid of these clowns Gravina and Spalletti. Yes, I get that Spalletti was thrown into a tough situation. That said, I could write a book on all the issues I have with Spalletti and this team. More with Spalletti than anything though. Worst Italy performances I’ve ever seen in 30+ years. I’m at a loss for words.

End of the day, we cant win em all. I seen a WC, a EURO, and seen 2 Euro runner ups. Thats spoiled. Dont feel down. We have enough joy for a lifetime. Never take winning for granted MARCO. U were so disgusted n bothered when we won vs croatia lol enjoy those moments.

@DirtMasterEdinburgh

2 күн бұрын

I somewhat agree, BUT look at the likes of France, Germany, and Spain. They've had dips in form over the years but have never dipped as bad as us! They've always qualified for competitions and are generally favourites to win things. Italy on the other had have not made it out of the group stages at the World Cup since 2006!!! and not even made it to the last two World Cups. For a country like Italy with its rich history of Calcio and football is a religion, that's disastrous.

@matsalvatore9074

2 күн бұрын

@@DirtMasterEdinburgh I agree. Brazil is in a similar place. It's politics that stunted generations to put it short. This is a large fault of the SeriA clubs jealousy of Juventus. They were all corrupt, but the killed Calcio with calciopoly because in trying to ruin Juventus, they ruined SeriA. Ever since, we have struggled to develop. Mario Balotelli came in the 2000s, its no wonder he's still TODAY Italias best goal scorer. Juventus won 9 straight scudettos on the dark years because of poor development, but last 5 years SeriA been back. Look at Gigi, Bastoni, Barella, Calafiore, and so many other stars around the world that are products of SeriA in the last 5 years primarily Not to babble but I think our success coincides with our league success. SeriA is back, and soon will Italy 2030 World Cup Champs 2032 HOST EURO CHAMPS

You guys are great!!! Keep doing what you do. It’s your podcast that makes the difference. I can feel the passion that you have for Seria A and for Italia national team. Much success !!

Fire him NOW

We could not move the ball up the field. We could not create anything. That’s not a skill issue that’s tactics. We are going to miss a 3rd World Cup. He must go. He’s shown us what he can do

Love your channel. Italian football doesn’t get enough coverage and respect. Some of it is caused by lack of Team owned Stadiums and the lack of lower division teams from the tub clubs IMO

I think Gattuso or De Rossi would be ideal for the national coach. They need belief, fire, motivation. I think Spalletti's an incredible coach, but he needs time and training to implement his tactics, when what we needed was group cohesion and belief.

Agree with Marco. The hope has to be that we learn from mistakes similar to when we were knocked out by Sweden for World Cup. Also, there needs to be a greater emphasis on absences-Berardi, Zaniolo, Tonali, Scalvini were big

a talent like for example camarda would play as a starter for a big club if he was english spanish french germany etc LET THE KID PLAY DAMN IT

The player choices were so interesting. Leaves out locatelli, refuses to drop Di Lorenzo, Darmian over Cambiaso, ElSha over Zaccagni. it just doesn’t make sense. So much experimenting in certain areas and the wrong changes in others. Really odd to see how much overthinking he went through.

@Arturo_Fonseca

Күн бұрын

The only thing that makes sense is that he sabotaged the team with some reassurance that they would not be punished in the upcoming qualification matches if he followed orders. You can't be that stupid and if you are, then that's another reason to sack him. But Gravina is the one giving him the orders at the end of the day.

@crokkadoodledoo9956

8 сағат бұрын

it only gets worse cuz as euros go on we see how Azzurri could/should of still be in. we had such a good chance to reach final again. going forward, nations league and world cup qualifying looks scary.

Spalletti defiantly needs to go immediately and during the Switzerland game Buffon did not look very upset on the sidelines with what was going on the field. This is the worst game I have ever seen Italy play.

My fear is that the players turned on or quit on Spalletti like they did on Ventura when we failed to qualify for the World Cup. If that’s the case, then that’s very dangerous moving forward with him especially in regards to making the next World Cup.

Unfortunately it looks like he will continue on. This Italy side played with no confidence or any style of play. There was no fluidity through the passing channels and we lost the ball every two seconds. Ideally, we needed someone like Conte, Inzaghi or Gasperini. These are all tacticians who are capable of getting the most out of their teams and can implement confidence and sense of style to their play. Let’s see if Spaletti can figure it out but this was by far the worst performance in a major tournament by Italy.

Great watch as always 👊🏿, I don't think its unpopular tbf for him to stay. Coz he made a lot of mistakes and he tinkered a bit too much for his own good but I'm sure he'll be given the world cup cycle to figure it out and if he fumbles there then he'll be sacked. This period now between the exit and the world cup is when he's truly gonna have no more excuses if they show up to World Cup 26' and still have no direction or plan! Forza IFTV 👊🏿💜

Italy could not handle the other teams hard pressing very well . A lot of the Italian players didn't open spaces to make them selves available to receive passes to hold possession of the ball and Italy relied on to many fast breakout attacks that the other teams anticipated and stopped . Spalletti is a good coach but the team did not match his tactics . They didn't press that often or for fight for the ball and defend while pressing and the number 9 did not get great service from the flanks . They committed basic defending errors . the other teams were more motivated because Italy were the champions .

Antonio please impersonate Spalletti with your same hair & save the team lol

Italy were never going to win this euros and everyone knew it. Italy do not have enough players to choose from even if serie a doesn’t play young Italians there are too many issues to fix. Have you ever wondered why Italian players do not play for big clubs outside of Italy ? What about how Italian players seem to suffer with injuries a lot and never recover properly the list goes on. I’d like to see Gravina out and try and get Beppe Marotta from Inter in to fix the federation like he has for Juve and Inter

@matsalvatore9074

2 күн бұрын

I'd love that. As a juve fan marotta is a hero. I agree with everything said. Calciopoly I think really destroyed calcio. It seems after that, seriA never recovered, and that's when we stopped producing world class talent. I think if we can fix seriA like we been doing, it might be part of a solution in development

@Neoyorchese

2 күн бұрын

Gravina out for sure.not sure Marotta is the savior. He is the Most corrupt and would be bias as well.

@matsalvatore9074

2 күн бұрын

@@Neoyorchese really? Why do you say he's the most corrupt? I mean he did work for Juventus so I don't doubt it lol

@Neoyorchese

2 күн бұрын

@@matsalvatore9074 Marotta League rings a bell? :) lol, just kidding , I really dont think he should be the one, nayone but him...I dont think he would leave Inter anyways

@FAMA-18

2 күн бұрын

Love to see Paolo Maldini in that seat.

Starting el sharawi is enough reason 😅

I agree with everything you said Marco. Spot on analysis about Italy!

Yakin the Swiss coach said this: Q: did you expect that it could be such a dominant Swiss team? A: yeah, it's not surprising that their team changed a lot - and we've been observing that - and they were searching for their own identity. not for nothing, they brought in 3 or 4 new players again, again a new system. I expected everything, but not that they play 4 at back. I knew that if they play 4 at back, then we'll destroy them. we knew we'll flatten them. if they play 4 at back, then we'll let them run and that's what happened. Yakin believes Italy's revised setup played into the hands of his team on Saturday, telling SRF: "It's unbelievable what's going on here. We've enjoyed ourselves in every stadium. Big praise to the fans. "I knew if the Italians came with a back four, we would destroy them. Then we would let them run. "Dan [Ndoye] closed down the midfield. His man, [Stephan] El Shaarawy, hardly saw the ball." If everyone else could see it and Spalletti could not, then he is not fit for the job. If Spalletti could see it and refused to adjust, then he is not fit for the job. Either way, he is not fit for the job and should not only QUIT NOW, but leave Italy.

Sacked, absolutely.

@SocceratesTFS

10 сағат бұрын

Pronto!

That was a huge issue there was no on field leader! No passion, no hunger nothing!

@Neoyorchese

2 күн бұрын

No balls

Yeah Spalleti made some wrong choices but we lack options as national coaches and definitely not Allegri. I think in time Spalleti can build something guys. Forza Italia

Spot on, sacking Spalletti wouldn’t solve anything. This is a deep routed problem, the FIGC needs a complete overhaul but that isn’t gonna happen

Yeah but how do you justify 11 players switching off for 3 games? Like it's one thing if a few players aren't pulling their weight, but after Albania, it was like mass collapse for all the players except maybe Calafiori. I can understand one game, maybe everyone is tired, but 3 games in a row, what's the reason for EVERYONE just being absent? In all seriousness I think that's the issue that needs investigation. Is it morale? What is it about the game in Albania that made us look so different? Spaletti in his interview said folks were tired after Croatia, which is why he decided to make so many changes. But still the team looked dead against Switzerland. I DO NOT think it is about natural positions. The team was solid against Albania. Something else is going on.

He needs to go and go quickly. The World Cup is just around the corner. If we are in a qualifying group with one decent team, we're screwed. We need someone young, how about Montella? Zerbi, Inzaghi, or De Rossi would all be good if they weren't at clubs already.

I think players like Chiesa focused more on how he preformed for his contract and not Our Shirt our Flag Our Soul like all the greats from our beautiful past but that’s what separates greatness from average shameful showing. Love the Podcast and Forza BROOKLYN Italians! 🇮🇹🫶💙💙

1st off Switzerland is no pushover and an exciting team to watch. But Italy own them. Yet Italy looked Lichtenstein. Seriously so disappointed and shocked. It was like they were trying to lose. With FIFA Uefa wouldn’t be surprised if it’s mostly rigged. But my main gripe is with players like Scamacca. He was completely worthless. They’d be better with 10 men. Don’t ever call him up again unless he scores 49 goals in a season. DiLorenzo was horrible. El Shar even being on team was insanity. Might as well brought Immobile. Chiesa can’t do it all. He needs players to feed the ball and be fed the ball. And my main gripe is we had the easiest route. Spaletti got it all wrong being handed a 2nd chance lifeline and we could had at least rematch with England. and maybe we could have scraped to finals. Even if every match went to pks

International managers have too much time on their hands to come up with extravagant ideas but never enough time to implement it on the pitch.

Will there be any way that FIGC could make changes on their decision to replace Spaletti?

The fact is, they played like they did not want to win so what is the reason for that? I don't blame lack of talent as whenever Italy played with a good system it always nagated any problems in that regard. All four games during the Euro's proved that Spalletti was still figuring it out as he was going.

2025 lineup - Donnarumma, Scalvini, Calafiori, Bastoni, DiMarco, Barella, Tonali, Baldanzi, Udogie, Chiesa, Camarda??

Donadoni got sacked for losing on penalties to a team that won back-to-back-to-back, in EURO 2008. FIGC is not serious about winning or plain deluded if they think Spalletti should remain in charge! Inzaghi is the best option for Azzurri, even De Zerbi would get the team to attack, as we know we will always be great on 1-on-1 defending. Play the U 17/19 guys that won their title, it's time to unleash a BOLD vision and get rid of the deadwood like Cristante, El Shawwarey, Pellegrini, Darmian, Di Lorenzo, etc

If that is the performance that a coach can inspire from its players, it will never change no matter the players. Ventura would have had a better match

Im hoping that once we have tonali, scalvini and udogie that well look better from the back. Hopefully Camarda gets first and team play time and comes for the next euros. World might be too early for camarda though

Spalletti is a stubborn man, supporters of both Roma and Inter remember well, and insists on certain ideas even if they prove wrong. He is a good coach for a ligue setting but not for Euro/World Cup setting (his history in European club competitions is terrible). On top of that his excuses after the loss against Switzerland were plain BS. The players knew Spalletti plan was bad and also were not motivated. Also stop talking about "Inter block", that just lame from people who don't know and shouldn't talk about football. Please fire him and Gravina too...

Hey all....could someone help I haven't understood spalletti 's thoughts on getting the team into opposition box..... Italian midfield couldn't handle the press.....el sharaawy not quick enough to cause problems imo.....scamacca as big as he is cant hold up play and looks/is lazy....chiesa a lot of confusion and lost ball too easily at times....so what was the CT's thinking????

I reckon sack. Based on the group stages I wouldn’t say sack, but that knockout game, the way he set up the lineup, terrible tactical approach, the way they played, the players looking so scared and without ideas. It’s the worst Italy has ever looked in a knockout match. I don’t think there is any coming back for that and the coach should take on responsibility Also it’s funny you guys were very hot on spalletti using 4-3-3 for the game but that turned out terribly. He should have gone with 3-4-1-2 or 3-4-2-1 which both worked much better in the pre tournament friendlies, and even looked better against Croatia. Buongiorno should have started sweeper, darmian Right centre back, Bastoni left centre. Use Bellanova as right wing Cambiaso left. Play the players in their normal positions!! If he really wants Di Lorenzo keep him right wing, but he didnt deserve to start. Inzaghi did play frattesi and Barella together, but barely. When it happened Barella moved to LCM and frattesi subbed on RCM. I also have massive issue with the selection for the squad, why was 10 goals Orsolini overlooked? I said it at the start and I’m sticking by it. We have better players who were left out for no reason in my opinion. 27 year old Orsolini with more speed and cutting edge would have added much better attacking threat than 31 El Sharawaay for example.. the only reason I can think is El Sharawaay probably can defend better and play as a wing back if needed, but seriously Italy lacked attacking threat and we needed a player like Orsolini at least off the bench to make a big impact

Fagioli was not the culprit on the goals. Di Lorenzo was. He was out of position for BOTH, ball watching. All goals came from the right side. No coincidence.

Why nobody mentioned that Cristante shouldn't play and Pellegrini shouldn't be their no.10? I counted the number of mispasses and mistakes Cristante made in the first 10 minutes and was surprised that he is still on the pitch after HT.

Main point: the team is not strong, and the players behaved like spoiled brats. Spalletti, however, played almost all the players out of position. He never had an idea about the game system, he confused the players who eventually mutinied. Especially those of Inter who wanted to play like they play at Inter. This is demonstrated by the likes that some Inter players gave to some posts by journalists critical of Spalletti.

Marco, do You notice that by keeping Spaletti you might miss another World Cup? He does not know how to motivate his players, he has no clue. He must be sacked! Conte will probably only stay 1 year with Napoli so he will be open! But most importantly Gravina must go in March and Serie A should change, we don’t play Italian players, Milan has 10 foreign players in starting 11, some teams have non Italian players, do you guys notice this disaster? Serie A teams are as responsible as Spaletti

@karabomafa5609

Күн бұрын

Easy to blame Milan, smaller Serie A clubs price players out of Milan's budget but then bend over for Inter, Roma and Juventus. Look at Frattessi for example

@robTuscan

Күн бұрын

@@karabomafa5609 okay how about Francesco Kamarda, the Milan youth who was the best scorer of Italy under 17 that just won the Euros, will Milan play him in Serie A or as usual, you will send him to Serie C? Yes I do blame Milan the team who created Baresi & Maldini, I will blame Juventus if they sell Chiesa to bring a Brazilian player. All teams are to blame plus FIGC

Spalletti blamed the Inter players after losing? Not sure if they want to be called up next time. Just can't work with someone who does this.

He should be sacked. Even if he gets us to the WC playing good football, he's proven that he can't handle the pressure of an International tournament and his decision making is terrible. What kind of coach makes references to m@sturabtion in a press conference?!?! proof that the pressure and scrutiny that national team coaches come under at tournaments is too much for Spaletti.

Change needs to start from the top and that means getting rid of Gravina. If he would spend even half as much time on actually investing in the product of Italian football as he does chasing down Juventus for made up technicalities, Serie A and the Azzurri would be in a much better position. #GravinaOut

Spalletti needs to quit ,in my humble opinion we will not qualify for World Cup.

with a young team we need continuity with a coach. spaletti is a good coach. see what he does at the world cup. is my opinion

I don't think Italy even had better individuals than Switzerland, let alone playing as a team. If you did a combined 11 before kick off, I think there would have been more Swiss than Italian players.

Keeping spalletti will be a mistake and may caused The Azzurri to miss a third consecutive World cup. I hope it does not happen because not seeing Italy in 2026 will suck. Hopefully something gets figured out fast.

I find it funny that he kept saying the results mean nothing to him but how well they play. yet he achieved neither. worse performance than what ventura gave us. hopefully he can redeem himself in the first games of the qualifiers

Spalletti didn't manage the team well but this performance is on the players. It looked like they were happy to leave Germany with a participation ribbon. The problem runs deeper than the coach or team selection. Italy is not the power nation it once was and hasn't been for a long time, since before the 2010 World Cup and things will not get better until things change in Serie A. The development of Italian players has been an afterthought for a long time in Italy. Clubs give more chances to players from other nations rather than Italians and the task of getting Italians to the first team has fallen largely to the smaller clubs and then those players don't get tested at the top level consistently. Juve has started to change things the last couple of seasons, Milan has 1 Italian starter and they are trying to replace him, Inter ironically has the most Italians of the top 3.

@SocceratesTFS

9 сағат бұрын

That's what happens when your coach keeps abandoning ideas and scripting failure. How do you justify leaving a culprit of four goals on (Di Lorenzo) essentially rewarding failure and taking off your hero (Zaccagni) for a bench warmer at Roma? Who does stupid stuff like this. He lost the room. His ideas were contradictory. He found a formation that works, then abandons it. Players were split in the dressing room because he was allowing his favorites to call the shots. Loser all around. Teams need to form a GROUP. Zambrotta said that was key to Italy's success in 06. Spalletti split the group in two. That's how awful he is. The players need to play with heart, sure, but how do you have heart for a traitor like him?

Spalleti should stay and prepare for WC 2026 qualifier. Currently Italy doesn't have good options to replace him except Pioli. I hope, Spalleti learns from his mistakes.

At this point its probably best to stick with him, but it was a bad idea to pick a coach who needs time right before a major tournament when you had conte who was much better suited to a quick turnaround

@scottofficer8772

2 күн бұрын

He is a micro manager and takes zero responsibility for his mistakes. If you lived here in Italy and heard his comments you would be appalled.

@FAMA-18

2 күн бұрын

Schifo!!

Marco the studio you have is better for lives watch game your old studio for normal podcast bro.

FIGC and Spalletti are delusional. Italian soccer has been on the decline for years and will continue. Way too many foreigners in Seria A and italian coaches have no trust in playing and developing young italian players. There are systematic issues with Italian soccer and there is stubborness to recognize it and do something about it. Future of Italian soccer is dime.

he needs to go , this is nonsense . Surely we can find another coach , but i dont think alegri is the answer at this point. We need a better roster.

I think Spalletti is just scared to make difficult choices. He knows that he must take on tournament overhyped players like Chiesa, Scamacca or others. They were part of the team before his appointment but also big names home. Maybe he would even want to again take players like Immobile Veratti or Berrardi but its not popular with Italian fans and it would be taken as bad decision and step back. Looking on for example Calzona in Slovakia who can make miracles from 37years old players like Kucka. Nobody wants to go back I get it, but they should be part of the squad regardless. You need to have that veteran mentality as option from bench. Another one is Ragnick who is making this Austria team full of older players look like well oiled machine Also friends with everyone will not help this team thats for sure (example of Di Lorenzo) I would probably keep him but something needs to change in his decisionmaking. But we should also not forget to be critical of the players too. Honestly I would blame them more than Spalletti. They looked like bunch of guys from Saudi League who only got Italian citizenship yesterday.

Do we forget verratti is probably the best overall player Italy has? Should have not been snubbed even though he plays in Saudi now he isn’t that old. Udogie unlucky to be injured. Tonali missed out for obvious reasons. Orsolini not getting selected was criminal. Mancini fagioli Jorginho el shaarawry leave them at home no disrespect. Above anything anything els Spalletti looked like he had no plan the team had no DNA, tactics were all over the place if their were any at all. So doesn’t matter what players you got if the teams a shamble already. Literally felt like I watched 4 Italy games and still barley saw three nice sharp passes put together. A very untechnical display with no intent going forward we looked lost in every aspect. Big ups to Donnarumma and calafiori the only two who played well

@user-xd9op1zs2f

2 күн бұрын

Fagioli only really played one game I would give him another chance But Christabte and Jorginho di Lorenzo definitely out

@Jlino77

2 күн бұрын

@@user-xd9op1zs2fbut he didn’t play nearly all season? He isn’t a bad player but no football in months and you pick him over other players like verratti? I like him but his not quite ready

@miked2075

Күн бұрын

He should reconsider his omission of Veratti.

@Jlino77

Күн бұрын

Verratti eases pressure and plays passes between the lines

Just take the Slovakia coach

I just love that this is the result of the FIGC spending its time effing up Juve rather than fostering new talents. Spalleti is the most overrated coach around based on one season with Napoli, he has no answers when things go negatively.

Get rid of spalletti.

@SocceratesTFS

10 сағат бұрын

NOW

Foreigners is not the issue. Youth development and the step up to senior football is where we need to greatly improve things.

Let's give him another chance for the Nations League and first 2 WC qualifying games and see how he performs. He picked players he worked with at club level such as Roma and Napoli. False faith and playing players at the wrong positions. There is no desire and fighting spirit. They should start from scratch with 5 players (Gigio, Chiesa, Barella, Bastoni and Calafiori) as the backbone, and bring in youngsters.

Leave today

Tonali was HUGELY missed. He’s the on field player who leads by example and has potential to be captain (if only he can sort his off field activities out first🤦🏻‍♂️)

Why Marco Veratti was not picked ??? He carries the ball well from the defence and builds the play ! Hardworking player...just because he plays in Qatar doesn't take away his qualities...

@SocceratesTFS

10 сағат бұрын

Much better than Cristante for sure. He would have protected the defense very well. Also a 3rd CB and we probably exit the Spain game with a draw and beat Croatia and Switzerland and England would be shaking in their boots right now. Gravini is a traitor. Spalletti took instructions to sabotage this team for England. I hope Swizerland throttle them.

Gone. Too tragic.

Gravani out...and i would meet all the clubs and encourage to up the youth sectors or face penalties. The crescita decreet is in, so let s invest in the italian youth the way it used to be

It's a shame De Zerbi has already signed for Marseille. He would have been the one.

We don’t have players which are playing regularly for the big teams. No Italians in the top 10 goals scorers. Too many foreigners playing in serie A along with no leadership in this club. I hope we qualify for the next World Cup need urgency. We need turnover on this team at least 50 percent of these players should be removed. Finally these players make millions and need a coach to motivate you to play? Really?

Marco come on, Allegri has 3 CL finals and 5 Copa Italia. Spalletti's best napoli team played scared against Milan in the CL. He is factually not a better cup manager than Allegeri

If you watched the U17 tournament, you got a glimpse of what Italian soccer should look like. 3 guys up front that can SCORE. Defenders and midfielders who like to run at goal and SCORE. Watching pathetic Darmian backpass every single pass he made summarized Italy 2024 Euro. Italy was weak up both sides besides Chiesa, and their strikers were absolutely pathetic. Italy's outside backs and outside midfielders were piss poor this tournament, so the team got smashed. You have to have 4 guys that can press up the sidelines.

It's not his fault. Italy simply doesn't have talent these days. I haven't been impressed by an Italian side post -2006. No Italian strikers have stood out for a very long time. In fact, the top 10 strikers are all foreigners. Sacking Spalletti wouldn't solve the larger problem which is lack of quality talent.

He would have been sacked if they wanted to sack him, like the 1st day after they were dumped out from euro

Nothing will changed.

The root of the problem is the players are not as good as before . Roberto Baggio in the 1990s , Filippo Inzaghi in the 2000s ,Mario Barwuah Balotelli in the 2010s . There is no one like that in the 2020s , how can you win ?

Why leave Orsolini at home? Why? Zaccagni for SES, Orsolini stays! We had no one else on the right. If I can see a formation that would work, then anyone could. Easily a three back; Buongiorni, Bastoni, Calafiori (Darmian as sub) Cambiaso right, Fagioli, Jorginho, Barella, Di Marco Chiesa Scamacca/Retagui All else fall in line as subs.

An Italy now with no defense or offense...😢

They need to some new life in there for qualifying. Time to give Bellanova some minutes. Also Tonali being available in the midfield will be a huge help. Barella was alone, and completely outgunned. And honestly get Cesare Casadei on the bench. Let him start to train and feel the experience of the national team. It sucks that he’s rotting away at that dogshit organization Chelsea. He should be starting on a mid level Serie A team.

Non of these players should ever be seen wearing the 💙 ever again- a mia chiminda hutta-utterly disgraceful 😤😤

in italy defence england barley get trough Slovakia and what is France and Belgium doing on this tournamnet its a shame to the whole Europe they play so bad i cant understand how France was in worldcup finals 8months ago and now playing like this...

You're all blaming Spalleti. The problem is the Italian Football Federation. The whole edifice of Italian football is in disarray. Italian football is spiralling down into oblivion and fans like IFTV who hype up Italian teams are doing no favors. Until we realise Italian football is dead, the rot will continue

I disagree with marco about allegri. I think he would be a better NT coach. Spalletti is not a tournament coach which was evident when he got knocked out of coppa italia and CL the same season he won the league

Spalletti Didn’t bring any confidence to the Italian team. You can see it in the players

I'm so glad Spaletti didn’t take a sabático year, 😂

What about di Marco?