He has lost Italy. Luciano Spalletti has lost. A team returns home that may not have great champions, but that could and should have done more. Much more than that. Three years after winning the title, the national team said goodbye to the European Championship in the last 16: a deserved exit, because today in Berlin there was only one team on the pitch, and that was Murat Yakin’s Switzerland. Far from an attempt to emulate the 2006 champions. Far from a carefree team after getting through the group. Italy never seemed to be in the game tonight, and it was no coincidence that they created the first opportunity to score thanks to… Schar, a defender who in the 51st minute came close to an own goal that was both clumsy and sensational, hitting the post. However, before this episode, the Swiss were already ahead by two goals: in the 37th minute, Freuler from Bologna broke the deadlock, and in the 46th minute, a curling strike from Vargas closed the scoring. Between the end of the first half and the start of the second half, a one-two score played out, which knocked out an already stunned Italy from the opening minutes of the match.
Source: Tutto Mercato Web
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