Head coach of the Italian national football team Luciano Spalletti will keep his position, the president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), Gabriele Gravina, said at a press conference.
The Italian national team under the leadership of Spalletti lost to the Swiss team with a score of 0:2 in the 1/8 finals of the European Championship on Saturday and was eliminated from the tournament.
“We have nothing to hide, but we must continue to assume our responsibilities.” Yesterday I had a long conversation with the coach, I think it is unthinkable to solve problems by abandoning a multi-year project after eight or nine months. [после назначения тренера]. The main place in our project is occupied by the coach, who did not always have everything at his disposal. [сильнейшие] players,” Gravina said, as quoted by Football Italia.
Spalletti himself has also expressed his intention to continue working.
“I can’t go back, I try to force myself to look only forward.” It’s clear that I did something wrong in trying to rejuvenate the team. But since I’m staying here, I’ll continue my work.
I thank the fans for their love, the players for their efforts and professionalism and the staff and the Italian Federation for their willingness to find solutions to every problem. I regret that we were not able to show our level of quality. I am the one who bears the most responsibility.
Yesterday’s game brought us back to zero. We’ll have to start again from now on. In future decisions, I’ll try to rejuvenate the squad even more. “I didn’t get the answers I expected from those who were supposed to instill experience in the team,” Spalletti said, as quoted by Goal.
Spalletti, 65, was named Italy coach in August 2023.
The specialist led Zenit St. Petersburg from 2009 to 2014. Under the leadership of the Italian, the club won the Russian Championship twice and the National Cup once.
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