Luciano Spalletti does not hide his disappointment

Luciano Spalletti is not hiding

He's far from satisfied Luciano Spalletti after the draw on the field of North Macedonia in his debut as technical commissioner of the national team, a result that complicates in no small way the path to the European Championships next summer.

"We suffered the field, the rebounds, the second balls – commented the coach from Certaldo to the microphones of 'Rai Sport', shortly after the final whistle -. We were not ready to recreate the team block in the defensive phase, their midfielders often regained the balls that we failed to filter".

"Overall, the team played a good game, we didn’t concede much and we had chances,” added Spalletti, who nevertheless tried to see the glass half full. “We have to restart from the good things of today and improve quickly".

On the emotions he felt as a rookie on the national team bench: "There was some emotion because" you don" play not only inside the stadium, you play all over the world because" Italians are watching us from all over the world and they want us to win. They will be the ones to evaluate us".