“The way we played tonight was unacceptable,” said Caressa during a post-match discussion on the Italian broadcaster Sky Sport. This match was unwatchable … this is not the level of our national team.”His thoughts were echoed across Sunday morning’s newspapers. The front page of Il Corriere dello Sport lamented “An Embarrassment”, with a subhead describing the national team as “incapable of football”. On Sunday the Italian football federation’s president, Gabriele Gravina, said the coach was staying. “In 18 years of commentating on the national team,” said Caressa, “I’ve never seen a match as bad as this.”

Source: The Guardian July 01, 2024 03:51 UTC