Switzerland vs Italy: We’ve no alternative but to improve

Italy’s head coach Luciano Spalletti leads an MD-1 training session at the base camp in Iserlohn on June 28, 2024, on the eve of their UEFA Euro 2024 Round of 16 football match against Switzerland.

“We need to realise that we can’t afford to switch off as we did at certain times in games that we have played so far,” Spalletti told reporters Friday. After an opening win over minnows Albania, Italy were thoroughly outplayed by three-time champions Spain.“We have to do something a bit better than what we’ve achieved so far to make that happen,” he said.

Italy won the 2006 World Cup final at Berlin’s Olympiastadion where they face Switzerland, bidding for a quarter-final spot against England or Slovakia.“We have with us Gigi Buffon, who over the last days has spoken with us about that final, he discussed it with everyone,” said Spalletti of the former goalkeeper, now head of Italy’s delegation.“We know we have to honour the comparisons with our predecessors, with that group when they brought home the trophy, it adds pressure and responsibility.

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