Despite losing to Switzerland, Italy still does not fire coach Spalletti

TPO - Despite a disastrous defeat to Switzerland in the round of 16 of EURO 2024, Italy still decided to keep coach Luciano Spalletti until the end of the 2026 World Cup.

Yesterday, Italy officially became the former champion of EURO when they were defeated 2-0 by Switzerland in the round of 16. Coach Luciano Spalletti's team had a terrible performance and were outclassed by their opponents throughout the match. They had only one shot on target and suffered what was considered their worst defeat in decades.

Coach Luciano Spalletti was the one who received the most criticism after the defeat to Switzerland. The former Napoli coach unexpectedly and unreasonably shuffled the starting lineup of Italy, changing from 3-5-2 to 4-3-3 and using players who had played less like Nicolo Fagioli and Stephan El Shaarawy, causing the Azzurri to suffer for the entire 90 minutes.

Italian fans unanimously called on the country's football federation (FIGC) to fire Luciano Spalletti and find a more suitable new coach for the 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign. However, the FIGC quickly made the opposite decision.

FIGC President Gabriele Gravina confirmed that Italy will continue to put their faith in Spalletti. He and Spalletti held a press conference in Germany to inform the media. Gabriele Gravina said: "We have no excuse for the defeat, but we also need to continue to take responsibility for the team."

“Yesterday, we had a long talk with coach Spalletti, and we both agreed that we cannot solve the problem by abandoning the project after only 9 or 10 months. It is important to understand that coach Spalletti has not had the best squad during the past period. Our faith remains intact, especially when Italy will have a new challenge in just 2 months.”

In the next training session, Italy will meet France in the Nations League on September 6.

A Phi

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