Italy, head coach Luciano Spalletti, was disappointed about his players after they were eliminated in the first half to admit from a quick in the German corner during their 3-3 draw on Sunday.
The result meant that Germany was progressing to the semi-final of the Nations League, won the draw 5-4 and will now be confronted with Portugal.
In the meantime, for Italy they were left to recover errors that they saw removed. The most striking of all came halfway through the first half, after Gianluigi Donnarumma had parried an attempt from the game.
Because the Italy team has stopped, Joshua Kimmich hit a ball in an unmarked Musiala, who scored with a free shot on goal to set Germany 2-0.
“We saw that they quickly take corners and should not be,” said Spalletti about the goal of Musiala.
“In a sense, it is better to give in such a goal, so we can realize that it is not just words of advice. There are real applications of what we say. We build by evaluating what happened. Games give your answers.”
Italy admitted again for the break to go 3-0 on the night and 5-2 in the back of the draw. But Spalletti clearly aroused a response from his players, who scored three times in the second half to deliver the game.
3 – Joshua Kimmich was directly involved in three goals for the second time in his 99th match for Germany (1 goal, 2 assists), after he had reached this earlier in June 2017 against San Marino. He was directly involved with each of the last five goals in Germany (1G, 4A). Leader. pic.twitter.com/L0BTFFNAOB
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The coach of Italy believes that their performance as a whole justified extra time.
“We would certainly earn it, we admitted two or three situations that they exploited who had nothing to do with the level, with the power of the teams.
“It is that we reduce our attention incredibly and allow others to exploit them.”
But even though he was eliminated from the Nations League, Spalletti was not in a defaitistic vote with regard to his team. Instead, the 66-year-old suggested that, after he had experienced the game, his players would use it as a learning and growth opportunity.
“Matches always teach you things, them [the players] Realize what they threw away, “he said.
“The game could have been played differently and both could have had a different result.
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