DOWN GO THE DEFENDING CHAMPS 😳 Full Reaction to Italy's loss to Switzerland | ESPN FC

Gab Marcotti, Jurgen Klinsmann, Frank Leboeuf and Steve Nicol react to Italy getting knocked out of EURO 2024 by Switzerland in a 2-0 loss.
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[@soloa24]

“The other guys are Swiss, they live in the mountains. You don’t think it was hot for them”?😂

[@souldoc70]

That was the best reaction😂

[@Dane.Martel]

I died

[@Mary-tq4ge]

The guy is a clown, when was the last time Damian played center back? Lousy excuse😂

[@theodorceaster3515]

Americans geography right there… Switzerland is directly north of Italy and gets almost as hot in the south. Only Sicilia is significantly hotter

[@InesElm-dj9tn]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@howardrujuna237]

Seeing Frank in studio is jus weird 😅

[@DonQwantsyou]

frank is the man

[@ruthlevy3946]

Lol ikr

[@anthtan]

Why?

[@Roman-yv3ye]

Fr

[@paulorganisation1]

I liked this segment. Nicol didn't talk that much.

[@palatialslumlord4938]

The Italian players were not playing football, they were having a 'see who can pass backwards the most' competition.

[@Photosoflife]

@palatialslumlord4938 Denmark did the exact same thing while also down 2-0. This generation of footballers are so risk adverse in the final third it is genuinely painful to watch. Both sides just kept passing the ball around endlessly down 2-0 and hardly had any shots in the second half. Actually shoot the ball.

[@Revelian1982]

England will win that contest against Slovakia.

[@Redandwhite_bluesuedeshoes]

Comes down to the coaching…and it’s not exclusive to the Europeans!

[@jharvardu]

where are all the people who thought italy was being overhated by the english media and that they would prove everyone wrong? 😂

[@lorenzodelnagro4589]

@@Photosoflifeyour so right

[@car9melo]

Xhaka was miles better than anyone in the Italy sqaud😂

[@palatialslumlord4938]

That's a stretch, he looked good today because he & Freuler were allowed to boss the midfield like they were Xavi & Pirlo

[@jharvardu]

where are all the people who thought italy was being overhated by the english media and that they would prove everyone wrong? 😂

[@senti2175]

​​@@palatialslumlord4938By same logic Messi is good because he is allowed to dribble pass defenders. Can u have a more m0ronic take?

[@adamtideman4953]

​​​@@palatialslumlord4938You're saying Xhaka was only good because... He played good? Bruh what even is this comment lmao

[@euphoriaggaminghd]

@@palatialslumlord4938 weird comment, xhaka was easily one of the best on the pitch

[@alexz.8302]

16minutes of ESPN yapping about the losing team 😂 Put some respect on Switzerland!

[@stevepodrebarac2303]

As a 🇭🇷 fan great playing today 🇨🇭🔥⚽️ all the best in the next round

[@mthokozisinkomoxulu8097]

Its Called The Media Monster

[@princeofpersia8391]

Props to Swiss but italy was not the same italy! The coach brought so many different players that wasn't in XI for all the other matches, like non sense!

[@VeniVidiVici456]

Switzerland played very well and deserved to advance!

[@finfog4590]

They did but they also appeared to be the greater team.

[@jharvardu]

where are all the people who thought italy was being overhated by the english media and that they would prove everyone wrong? 😂

[@VeniVidiVici456]

@@jharvardu 1. Speak to those people. 2. The FACT remains that Italy has had structural problems within the sport for over a decade and as an Azzurri fan I have been saying this for quite a while. 3. ANYTHING can happen game to game as teams are much closer in talent level than in the past. 4. Predictions are just that-predictions. They are glorified opinions which are like *bellybuttons*-everyone has them. Also, games still need to be played on the pitch.

[@callnight1441]

Yes!!!❤🇨🇭

[@paraIIIax]

As a Swiss fan, ESPN’s coverage is always frustrating after a Swiss win. Always chatting about the losers, same with France in Euro 2020. Every ‘upset’ is only coverage about how bad the other was, never anything else

[@Lucas-en3bt]

It's called star power. When u guys get a bunch of world cups under your belt maybe you ll get talked about more. Hierarchical structures are real

[@grapeappletwist]

You should really be upset about the comments that were saying Italy will beat Switzerland.

[@nbaumann89]

@@Lucas-en3btdumbest comment right here

[@alexz.8302]

​@@Lucas-en3bt Netherlands, Belgium, Croatia, Portugal. 0 WorldCups, always in the favorites column.

[@VS-rp5tr]

​@@alexz.8302 Portugal has ronaldo...WC not needed to attract anyone

[@basquat76]

Switzerland has a proper team. Clearly a lot of the players have played together a while and they all know their roles on the team. Italy just looked lost out there. Chiesa was the only one who seemed to put in a real effort.

[@jharvardu]

where are all the people who thought italy was being overhated by the english media and that they would prove everyone wrong? 😂

[@aa306911]

And Donnaruma

[@VandoGrinn]

​@@jharvarduIkr 😅. Won my bet

[@screamsaeed]

Chiesa is also a bust. They hyped him too much.

[@Samplefive1966]

​@@screamsaeedyou're absolutely right about that, very overrated.

[@guruvince7517]

As an Italian, I think I speak for the majority of azzurri fans that none of us expected this team to perform that well this tournament. Quarter/semi finals was the target. However, I didn’t think we’d play this bad. Other than the Albanian game, we were dominated against Swiss/spain & Croatia! Like we actually looked like a Serie C at the moment. We never looked comfortable on ball, never looked like a threat. I wanted to see an Italian side that would at least challenge. None the less, well done to Switzerland 🇨🇭

[@thefourthchairman4151]

The defending champions status didn't even bother them to play the disgusting football in that azzuri shirts

[@jharvardu]

where are all the people who thought italy was being overhated by the english media and that they would prove everyone wrong? 😂

[@KingPhil442]

You've Played England too many times lol

[@anthtan]

There is plenty of talent in Italy. I believe they will be back. But how soon? Hard to tell.

[@bangrojai4868]

Italy cant do anything without a proper defensive midfielder. That is their weak line. They cant play football without DM like Argentina.

[@juansiso9249]

Swiss is a better Team. No excuses for Azzurri…

[@user-nh5xy8rt7q]

Even turkey is better now

[@Nairam10]

@@user-nh5xy8rt7q I would not go that far. They had lots of luck and will go out on monday.

[@duddillakapish3281]

@@user-nh5xy8rt7q They are trash, not even comparable to swiss. Even Georgia would have deserved to proceed as second best in their group.

[@KezieKez]

By far the worst I’ve ever seen an Italian team perform

[@Dee_arrAbdullah]

2017 Italy begs to differ.

[@SocceratesTFS]

Italy 2016 had less talent, but they had a coach who could evaluate the opposition and built a system to counter it, knocking out Spain and Belgium in the process. That's fact. This Italy had a dummy for a manager that was trying to put square pegs into round holes and let the one player every team exploited stay in the game; DI LORENZO was utter rubbish. Responsible for four goals. And the system Spalletti used didn't work. He doesn't have the players for it, but he had the players for a 3-4-2-1 which looked good. He should have been building on that from the beginning. But no. Stubborn old fool with brain rot.

[@ichhalt4770]

@@SocceratesTFS imo 2016 italy was better than Italy 2024. Maybe some player are better, but the Team was really bad. Without Donnarumma they would be last in their group.

[@SocceratesTFS]

@@ichhalt4770 No. The defense was more experienced with the BBC. Parolo, Eder. De Sciglio and Giacherini? No. It wasn't abandoned tactically by a loon. It had clear ideas. 3 in back, like this Italy NEEDED and an identity.

[@AbA-wk7yp]

Italy were kinda lucky to qualify Euro 2024, and then lucky to go through the R16. It is not a surprise to see Italy been knocked out like this

[@jharvardu]

where are all the people who thought italy was being overhated by the english media and that they would prove everyone wrong? 😂

[@lorenzovonmatterhorn4756]

​@@jharvardu England is still trash.

[@amirtumi6155]

Visit a psychiatrist as your only joy is to see others downfall because your team is worthless. You and your media are sick and you do over hate Italy. And Italy is still the Euro Champion, they had a great tournament at '20...learn to show respect and teach your blabbering media too.

[@DonQwantsyou]

@@jharvardu they were overhated. just because a team is not good you don't have to hate them. for them i guess its just payback for when italy was winning world cups and euros to now when they struggle.

[@JM-xk6oz]

The ref gave an extra 8min of extra time that's how italy qualified.

[@20eNe24]

Fun fact: If Xhaka was English today we would have heard the word "Balon d'Or" 73,938 times... 💩

[@a-walpatches6460]

Bore off clown, stop chatting rubbish.

[@NoCoastRaps]

Exactly 😂😂😂

[@callnight1441]

Haha yeah

[@paulorganisation1]

Any decent plyer really. Vitinha of portugal would have been called the next xavi if he was english.

[@RossStallard-op1kd]

Name the English players people are saying should win balon dor everybody knows it's a award that you only win if you play for real Madrid or Barcelona

[@hard2fathom1]

The decision to play El Sharaawy today is a fireable offense. El Sharaawy did not belong on the field.

[@tt67791]

what about scamacca, dude looks like a lamp post

[@DonGivani]

Sharaawy showed more threats than any other Italian

[@hard2fathom1]

@@DonGivani he couldn't even kick the ball without whiffing!

[@hard2fathom1]

@@tt67791 Scamacca was a disaster too!

[@SocceratesTFS]

And no open eyes for the shocking decision to stick with Di Lorenzo, who was the problem on ALL the goals. It was his fault on ALL goals except Albania's. He's awful, didn't defend, even Chiesa had to come deep to cover for him.

[@veckgames]

Italy become the 3rd defending EURO champions in a row to get knocked out in the round of 16.

[@MartynLeopard]

Looks like we Romans descendants have had a curse for the last 3 euros, it was Spain in 2016, Portugal in 2021 and Italy in 2024 😂 I'm portuguese by the way

[@riot.love.88]

To be fair that Spanish team was stacked and won back to back euros and the world cup. They are on a whole other league!

[@td2539]

Yeah incredible!..also the last 16 was where champions league winners from the previous season would go out too...makes football interesting though..at least for neutral fans

[@clarencegaultieri8293]

Yes but this is by far the worst display ever . This was an embarrassment

[@hannofranz7973]

​@@MartynLeopardNo Roman curse at all. Germans aren't Romans and the same happened to them as well after winning the world cup and there are certainly lots of more teams. It's the most difficult moment to continue.

[@Miaholmes4952]

I usually defend Italy but they were a total disgrace today..Played like a 3rd division bottom team.. Totally unacceptable from a footballing nation of this status.

[@bishoprobert91]

100% agree

[@carmenvalmalaartaraz8260]

Croatia would have done better

[@duddillakapish3281]

@@carmenvalmalaartaraz8260 I would say Modric would have carried the team. Croatia as team needs time😉

[@Arejen03]

no passion, no drive, no anger, not a moment where u have thought they can turn the game around

[@youngneeson]

Gab is eating his words from pre game. Why is it so hard for him to see that a) Italy has a bad team and b) Switzerland is indeed more talented? How did he not see this coming?

[@jharvardu]

where are all the people who thought italy was being overhated by the english media and that they would prove everyone wrong? 😂

[@aliyaah74739]

Switzerland isnt more talented. Look where their player play. Italy is not a big team but has way more tslented players than switzerland. It was.a mentality, physically and tactics mess

[@DonQwantsyou]

@@aliyaah74739 italy has nowhere near the talent they had before and this is their big problem. italians are not good as a collective, they need the individual superstar talent which they had before but do not have now to obtain big results on the world stage. possibly except for donnaruma

[@nkemjikaprincejohn5907]

​@@aliyaah74739Really?? Do you guage talents by their clubside? Italian league is a top 5 league so Italian players would definitely play there. They only pick the best from other countries to play alongside their players

[@NoCoastRaps]

​@@aliyaah74739Their players are all in the Bundesliga and several have also excelled in the EPL unlike any of these Italian players.

[@MAD_ru_GADA]

16 minutes of reaction - 12 minutes of which were about how bad the Italians' performance was and 3-4 minutes about the fact that another team was playing. Yes, Italy played below their potential - but I saw a highly motivated Switzerland that was able to take advantage of Italy's situation. And they did it brilliantly. Passionate, well organized, technically and tactically strong and tireless. Italy was shown up by the national team and more than deserved to lose - okay, also because they were weak - but above all because the Swiss played well. And if they keep doing that, Switzerland will be one of the favorites for the cup.

[@marvin9409]

I called that they‘d get knocked out. That italy team, especially with Scamacca upfront, was terrible. And this swiss team is very solid and compact on every front. Switzerland and Austria are the teo biggest dark horses of the tournament for me and IF England manages to go trough against Slovakia, I‘m 100% they’re gonna get beat by Switzerland aswell.

[@jharvardu]

where are all the people who thought italy was being overhated by the english media and that they would prove everyone wrong? 😂

[@FranklinbelluchiEneh-br8xw]

When I saw scamacca upfront ,I fainted because that guy is most useless stricker I v ever seen

[@SocceratesTFS]

They were, but the English media had a friend in Luciano. He set them up to lose 100%. See my video (soon) and it will explain everything. He did so also in their last group game vs England. After dominating the first half, he puts in two slow defenders who never played together for the second. and let the wing backs, again Di Slowrenzo, run up the wings and abandon their defensive duties. Kane ran up the middle twice unmarked an scored. I couldn't understand how a coach could be that stupid, but now I do after seeing it for 3 games in a row. When a reporter said that he learned that some players were makng decisions on the team (likely Di Lorenzo because Luciano loves him), Spalletti didn't deny it, he got angry and said that whomever it was, was trying to hurt them team. Get that? He basically acknowledged that it was happening. It showed. He must be removed immediately, but first Gravina must be removed. Because Gravina is ok with this.

[@AdyBooth]

Its hard to believe this team looked so good 3 years ago when they won it

[@shug2795]

Actually, they never looked that great 3 years ago but their stars aligned.... Them winning 3 years ago has led to this garbage.

[@marcoi99495]

@@shug2795 they had an unbeaten streak running to 2019 or something like that when they won the euros, but that was an aging core deciding to make one more push for silverware

[@cpj93070]

They only won it because Southgate is a shocking manager.

[@DonQwantsyou]

@@marcoi99495 that's correct , and they had a much better coach in mancini. he's been saying for years that they have not been doing well in italy promoting and playing their young talent in serie a. that's one reason he quit, he could see no future for the azzurri

[@battistimo]

Not the same players.

[@flickchic238]

Switzerland deserved the win. Italy were not ready for the tournament. The players do not mesh. Some players should not even have been called up. (Cristante, Pellegrini, El Shaarawy, and Mancini must stay far away from the national team). The squad is most definitely incomplete according to Gab. They have a lot to work on and prepare for the WC qualifiers. This was a tragic run for Italy but they personnel reflected this from day one.

[@SocceratesTFS]

Don't forget Di Lorenzo. He is the biggest problem. Four goals because of him specifically and exclusively. See my video about it soon.

[@evanclp514]

when i saw the starting XI for Italy i was shocked. this was the weakest side he'd started in any of the games in the tournament so far. and with so many changes to the lineup you could tell the team had no chemistry. i know Italy didn't have high hopes of winning the Euros but this was an embarrassment.

[@Renegade-kf8fp]

Swiss golden era rolls on

[@fabrizio.guidi64]

golden era? Switzerland is a second tier team without any trophies won

[@zorashki]

It's not golden era.. it's just nobody in the current Euro playing good.. not even France, not even Portugal not even England... so when you shine not because Swizz are too good... because the other teams like Italy are making Swiss look like actual team.

[@goodriddance86]

@@zorashki What a bunch of nonsense! They are a simply a better team right now, stop with the excuses!

[@noranqey]

@@fabrizio.guidi64 are you r3tarded?

[@clarencegaultieri8293]

Most embarssing display I have ever seen worse than even Macedonia game . When you play el sheraway it’s over . Get Gasperini in there he is real coach .

[@ermthewerm]

Couldn’t agree with you more Baldi has got to go

[@itsmano22]

You want Gasperini in as an international manager? Lmao. He's the antithesis of that, needs lots of practice sessions to get his ideas across. Just because he's had a great run with Atalanta doesn't mean that will translate over to the Italian job...

[@palatialslumlord4938]

​@@itsmano22Ancelotti is the guy tbh but he still want to win CLs

[@shehumustapha6840]

Stefano Pioli will do the job

[@duddillakapish3281]

Pirlo as new coach....Buffon will love it😂

[@andrewdgw6779]

If you are extremely surprised by this result then you haven't been paying attention for a decade

[@1972dsrai]

The Swiss were the better team, but theres no excuse for not showing passion and desire and just working hard. Italy were just second best in all departments.

[@DiReal_Donclassy]

What a shambolic representation of a defending champion. Italy was totally unrecognisable. The fact that Spaletti decided to do a Southgate experiment by not getting his first eleven players right is mind-troubling. I put my money on them to at least get to the quarter final but it turned out to be an absolute disgrace. Certainly this is the worst Italian team since the 20th century. As for Switzerland, if they could beat England or Slovakia to the Semi-final they could do a Greece 2004.

[@MrLuccatoni]

Spalletti, Southgate, Roberto Martinez the Brainiacs of football!!!!! Horrible managers!

[@hbpu2156]

Spaletti becomes Spaghetti.

[@dbmikeyg255]

spaghetti is good though he more like undercooked spaghetti

[@oudeis2618]

@@dbmikeyg255 Can you use a more stereotypical image? Probably not 🙄

[@mariogallicchio5378]

Vai a .....😅😅😅

[@stevejerwood5395]

italy miss verratti .and bonucci.chiellini.these players held them together ,and made them strong.they were wold class players,

[@jharvardu]

where are all the people who thought italy was being overhated by the english media and that they would prove everyone wrong? 😂

[@user-sq8mt8gl5u]

Verratti, Chiellini, Bonucci, Insigne, Locatelli, Spinazzola, Berardi

[@SocceratesTFS]

@@jharvardu Getting BJ's from your mom.

[@alexischristou3266]

I thought Switzerland were fantastic tonight on the flip side I have to be honest that has to be one of the worst Italian sides i have seen in 30 years.

[@jharvardu]

where are all the people who thought italy was being overhated by the english media and that they would prove everyone wrong? 😂

[@youtubeyoutube936]

Harvardu. You really have it bad. Therapy?

[@SocceratesTFS]

@@jharvardu sticking their finger in your mothers culo then having her lick it.

[@SocceratesTFS]

@@youtubeyoutube936 His mom hates him and young Italian men go over for free bj's after the pub.

[@senti2175]

Xhaka has suddenly become one of the best players on the planet since he left Arsenal. 😎

[@jharvardu]

where are all the people who thought italy was being overhated by the english media and that they would prove everyone wrong? 😂

[@ethandean4]

@@jharvardu nobody thought that

[@art_rageous_10]

@@ethandean4 I think it's a bot that you were responding to but a lot of Italian fans were up in arms being labeled darkhorses

[@a-walpatches6460]

He was great for Arsenal for his last couple of seasons.

[@Jacob56-xl4xo]

​@@a-walpatches6460 He was never this good for Arsenal

[@spicoli4217]

Crazy to not qualify in two consecutive world cups, yet win the euros in between the two. Bizarro world

[@martacccc689]

We won't qualify for WWC2026 either😂zero chances

[@luckystarpiano]

Lifelong Azzurri fan here, and I just couldn’t even watch the game. I just knew …😢 Hopefully by ‘26 they find some guts and inspiration

[@Giovanni60smandear]

No they want,,take they wages away from all these overrated players,apart from a few.

[@paymans1153]

Worst Italian team I’ve seen in my lifetime. Lacking everything. No drive, no talent, no desire, no idea, no fighting spirit, nothing. They played like a provincial team fighting for relegation.

[@grapeappletwist]

This is exactly why you should never listen to contrarian KZbin comments who think they know it all. They underestimated Switzerland heavily.

[@LiliKoue]

It's opposite. They were afraid of Switzerland. 😂

[@ThatGuy-tx4vm]

Overestimated italy rather... The swiss are a good side... Italy is a trash side. The worst team that switzerland faced this tournament

[@grapeappletwist]

@@LiliKoue no it’s not go check you are making excuses 🫵

[@grapeappletwist]

@@ThatGuy-tx4vm they underestimated Switzerland they were wrong per usual

[@ThatGuy-tx4vm]

@@grapeappletwist they didn't. They were like this in every match. As for the media... They overestimated italy instead of underestimating switzerland.

[@MrKaravaj]

Fun fact: Last 3 euro reign champions got knocked out in r16 in the euro afterward More fun: Last 2 euro runners up were the hosting country - Germany could become 3rd straight team to lose on home turf

[@jharvardu]

where are all the people who thought italy was being overhated by the english media and that they would prove everyone wrong? 😂

[@MM-eo1ot]

Its kind off a curse the hosting nation allways lose in the final same thing in 2004

[@NoName-jq7tj]

People can say they have never seen an Italian side play so badly etc… I’ve just read a BBC report on this match & it says that Luchino Spalletti could never replicate the form that took Napoli to Seria A success last year with the national side. Firstly these are entirely two different worlds. It took Spalltti three years before he perfected a method which led Napoli to Italian champions. He didn’t have three years at the national side. He was only in the job less than a year. Gary Liniker says that this is the worse Italian side he has ever seen. Maybe? The 1970’s were not that kind either to the Italian national side with no shows in the European Championships a first round 1974 World Cup exit in group containing Haiti. No Italian side winning the European Cup either. Roberto Mancini won the European Championships after being in the job three years with a lockdown year in which no football was played but enough time to keep tinkering with the side. I think people are completely jumping to short term conclusions.

[@private_krapfen950]

As an austrian i would rather prefer we play Italy or England because i think swiss is better than most people think

[@eL--RaL]

I usually defend Italy but they were a total disgrace today..Played like a 3rd division bottom team.. Totally unacceptable from a footballing nation of this status

[@finfog4590]

What status? They’ve been poor for over a decade. (Excluding the euros win). Missed back to back world cups.

[@jharvardu]

where are all the people who thought italy was being overhated by the english media and that they would prove everyone wrong? 😂

[@BenitoElDuce]

I agree. They should be ashamed

[@aliyaah74739]

People need to stop caring about "status". There is no such thing as status. Theres players. Good players, bad players, world class players. Ajax is football history, AC Milan is football history, yet their last champions league win was 30 and 17 years ago. Its about right here, right now. Badges and status dont mean anything.

[@eL--RaL]

@@aliyaah74739 Pipe down!! it absolutely means something then you don't watch nor understand football.. Football heritage is club heritage..Do you need to be told??? You're clearly a City fan 😂😂

[@clarencegaultieri8293]

English pundits all smiles . Can’t wait until they get dropped the way they playing .

[@krisxchirbas9503]

Haha womp womp. They warned you clowns all competition and you ignored them. You're angry because they've exposed your lack of football knowledge.

[@cpj93070]

Bye Bye pizza boy Italy are out.

[@Junior-th9rt]

​@@cpj93070when the last time england won something

[@tdmprofit3708]

​The English pizza is called the pig skin. True fact!

[@V1ktor225]

England will certantly be kicked out by Slovakia and go home.

[@Roin8]

Let me remind you that in the group phase against Switzerland, Germany were delighted to equalize in stoppage time. The "Nati" and its players, all of whom play for top clubs, have always been underestimated. But it's true that Italy's performance this evening was very poor.

[@NickChemist-yf6oj]

This evening ? The whole tournament they have been awful

[@leehaslam5751]

Germany were already through and resting players ffs

[@Roin8]

@@leehaslam5751🤣 Switzerland also qualified, and the Mannschaft fought hard not to finish 2nd😨

[@trephix]

Germany didn't rest players​@leehaslam5751

[@jackback70]

​@@leehaslam5751 germany played their normal game, not resting players

[@ixtoixbalanque4422]

This is my take on Italian football: there are clearly issues from the top down, from the way their FA and their clubs are being run down to grassroots level where talent is being developed. The problem is that every once in a while, Italian football will overachieve, like Italy winning Euro 2020/21, and Serie A clubs making it to finals of European club competition. But whenever they overachieve, they'll start to think everything is back to normal again and sweep all their issues under the rug, instead of continuing to address their problems. And now they're just stuck in this cycle of overachieving ----> disastrous campaign ---> overachieving ---> disasters. I had predicted that none of the Serie A clubs would get out of the Champions League group stage this past season. I was wrong on that, but wasn't surprised that none got past the R16.

[@nzmarco]

Not really when the U17's and U 19's are doing well. That's the opposite of grassroots problems. And look at how many countries/clubs have Italian managers? It's not a fluke, just some very poor running/picking of this squad by the managerial staff.

[@humptydumpty20]

Yes U17 and U19 Euro Champions, U20 WC runner-up. Spalletti picked players who he has coached before at club level such as Napoli and Roma. The only right decision he made was giving Calafiori a chance to play. He played players out of position or continue to stick to players he knew from the clubs he managed. This performance is 100% on Spalletti​@@nzmarco

[@johnf321]

Italy 🇮🇹 score in 98 minutes against Croatia 🇭🇷 that game was very controversial ,where refery found 8 minutes so Italy 🇮🇹 shouldn't be here Svicerland excellent game well deserved win congrats.

[@pucchiaccha9321]

“Refery” killed me 🤣🤣

[@youtubeyoutube936]

Penalty’s/var celebrations 10 subs

[@jinagn4487]

To this day I still dont have idea why game was 8 minutes, Czechia Turkey game with 10 to 15 minutes of Not playing Was only 6 minutes, and even game from yesterday Germany Denmark should have been more than Italy Croatia if we are looking ridicoulous criteria from that Dutch reefree

[@jinagn4487]

​@@youtubeyoutube936irrelevant, when Italian players were celebrating for nearly Two minutes He didnt add those and instantly ended the match after the kick off, it was so off, that penalty didnt even needed to be checked it was obvious

[@youtubeyoutube936]

So not enough time was played in the other matches so why are you complaining about the right time being playex​@@jinagn4487

[@frankkastler]

Last week Gab criticized USMNT fans for criticizing Greg Berhalter who is a far far far far inferior coach than Spalletti, now he's blaming the coach for Italy...

[@private_krapfen950]

Gab has no clue

[@cuauhtemocricardoorlandosa2188]

i recommend to watch "Switzerland vs. Italy: EURO 2024 Round of 16 Preview | ESPN FC" on this channel. the comments were all about the pundits hating on italy because they did not believe in italy. i guess they were right after all :P

[@SocceratesTFS]

Can't cuz your mom is going down on me.

[@Lee.Hsien-Yung]

Congratulations to Switzerland for their win against defending champions Italy

[@italianmob4566]

I've been watching the Azzurri since 1994. This is by far the worst Italian team I have witnessed. Not necessarily the full squad but most players. Donnrumma was the only good one. Alot of work needs to be done if we even plan on qualifying for the next world cup. Euro 2020 we were so attack minded. We were sleeping every game this tournament. Spaletti isn't the right coach for us for starters. When you got cristante and El shawarry playing for us you know there's a problem.

[@SocceratesTFS]

Italy 2016 was less talented, but had a coach who knew how to line them up and formulate a group. This group hates Spalletti and one leaked that he has favorites and they were calling the shots. It was so bad that Spalletti erupted in the media when a reporter asked him about it, essentially confirming it was true. I'm 100% positive that Di Lorenzo is in that group because he was SO horrible, the culprit on all the goals except the Albanian one but he remained. Spalletti even took out Darmian in the last game who was 100% better than Di Lorenzo. That's sabotage 100%

[@edmann1820]

She almost called him Luca Spaghetti, best slip of the year!

[@Pharmnitro619]

I really don’t understand why arsenal would let a player like Xhaka go. A huge asset lost. I rate Xhaka more that Rice and it would have been nice to have both in a team.

[@captainsmoke1612]

Xhaka can break the lines, not like Rice or anyone in the England squad.

[@Pharmnitro619]

@@captainsmoke1612 Exactly He is one of the best at breaking the lines 👍

[@nirmalrana3538]

Italy is young squad Give them 2 more years

[@leehaslam5751]

Young ffs think u need to look at the ages of fhe starting 11 😂😂

[@ferdi9554]

It's not all about Italy! It's the same story when Switzerland beat France, the journalists always speak about the losers but not the winner, because it's Switzerland. But Switzerland showed that winning against great nations is not a coincidence.

[@IanDavis-me1mf]

Italy looked lazy.

[@Redandwhite_bluesuedeshoes]

Italy spends more time developing foreign players rather than promoting their own…seems a common pattern in the better leagues…it’s all money driven and someone always pays for it

[@tyronevaldez-kruger5313]

Club football is more important than 2 big tournaments every 4 years. It's about business and competition

[@battistimo]

Yup. They can’t develop players anymore. They’re a terrible nation.

[@CityCityJuve]

@@battistimo wouldn’t be so sure abt that, there’s plenty of talent that brought us a u17 euro win, a u19 euro win, and a u20 wc final

[@battistimo]

@@CityCityJuve and where was that? Nowhere to be found. The teenager level is meaningless

[@CityCityJuve]

@@battistimo wdym where was that? It happened the last couple of months lmao, people can’t age quicker

[@ZelenikTchingy]

*The quality of players today is decreasing each decade: Italy, Netherlands, Brazil, Spain, England and the list goes on* The players in Italy's squad are almost unrecognizable, back then they had with Nesta, Maldini, Cannavaro, Zambrotta etc. world class players in the backline alone Netherlands also had legends all over the pitch with Seedorf, Davids, Cocu, Stam, De Boer, Overmars, Van Nistelrooy, Kluivert, Robben, Van Persie, Sneijder etc. Spain despite talented didn't win a thing since Euros 2012, back then thanks to the generational talent of Barca Spaniards who defined Tiki Taka Brazil is maybe the biggest downfall where a bunch of absolute nobodys is playing today, talking about Vinicius winning a Ballon D'or shows the bad state of football when someone who gets carried by a perfect Real side and scored only under 20 goals this season is valued so highly

[@PaavoPlatform]

Why is this my first time seeing Frank in the studio

[@MartynLeopard]

All the best to Italy from Portugal, I have a feeling that Martinez will also get a ticket to send Portugal home as well, although the team is stacked I feel like we will be joining our roman family Italy pretty soon 😂

[@tokolohobizo2737]

Locateli was needed here Cambiasso and Bellanova should have started and young Pafundi should have been selected

[@lingomanquest]

"It is Zidane's curse on Italy in that Stadium"

[@alexandrenabais6053]

Frank in the studio????? That's like a legendary pokemon I swear!!!

[@Internationale1]

I agree with Klinsmann. No italian player showed up. Odd

[@JW-28]

England is going home too, boys.

[@krisxchirbas9503]

Lol. I love How the first thing italians do is try and bring others down with them. Stay classy boys

[@cpj93070]

@@krisxchirbas9503Exactly, the pizza lovers still mad we beat them in WW2 😂

[@George-nd7ot]

After they win lad 😉

[@Junior-th9rt]

​@@cpj93070why bring war on football if we talk about past hungry 7-1 England

[@ange1098]

After we win the final 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@RazeefRazeff]

The jersey curse . Italy should never worn adidas kit . They should wear Italy brand like diodora & kappa 😅..that adidas Italy kit is the worst Ive ever seen.

[@eL--RaL]

The players looked totally clueless.. You could clearly see the problem is the Manager

[@jharvardu]

where are all the people who thought italy was being overhated by the english media and that they would prove everyone wrong? 😂

[@user-sq8mt8gl5u]

@@jharvarduTo begin with, Italy are over-hated by english media due to the loss of the finale against them. They couldn’t digest it. Second, english is your 2ND language

[@guitargamesandliverpool]

@@jharvarduImagine saying the same thing under every comment that’s loser mentality grow up.

[@cpj93070]

@@user-sq8mt8gl5uNo it’s because you Italians attacked them in WW2 and they finished you off.

[@user-sq8mt8gl5u]

@@cpj93070 I’m not Italian. I’m half French half Georgian

[@Valhalla88888]

Scots had a very hard group compared to England's group, let's do a fact check from FIFA. Serbia/32, Slovenia/45, Denmark/23, now England is playing Slovakia which has a population of 2m and FIFA ranking of 43!!! England has now played a top 10 nation how does that work 😂😂😂😂😂

[@masondunaway3099]

Good to see Frank on the desk ❤

[@jharvardu]

where are all the people who thought italy was being overhated by the english media and that they would prove everyone wrong? 😂

[@standardv]

​@@jharvarduThis. The amount of crying in the ESPN preview for this match was embarrassing. Italy fans are delusional.

[@gc2161]

Italy lacks speed and their fastest player, Bellanova, who is very fast, doesn't play one second.

[@ermthewerm]

The blame starts at the top. Luciano Spalletti has got to go. He mismanaged this team from the beginning when you start El Shaawaree somethings amiss with your brain waves. Then he called out scamacca lazy in public. he definitely look lazy today, but you just don’t do that as a head coach you’ll shatter his confidence which he clearly did. Bye-bye Baldy. Arreverdecci !!!

[@Gianniutah]

I’ve followed the Azzurri since 1967, by far the worst team I’ve ever seen!!

[@LeaoK2]

The entire Italy technical team and management were outclassed by Xhaka and the levekrusen mentality 😂

[@fabrizio.guidi64]

let's add that Switzerland is a second-tier team, nothing more

[@laurencekevingarcia772]

Also seeing Frank in the Studio is Hilarious 😂😂😂

[@Eddie-zh3wh]

The Italians were been poor in all their matches in this tournament but previously they played physically at least. They were too poor against Switzerland today. Absolutely a nonsensical performance!

[@souldoc70]

Swiss played very well since the start of the tournament but I m just baffled with Spalletti’s team selection. Scammaca was redundant but still not substituted..and the two fullbacks are just so poor

[@antoinedoinell]

Switzerland have been fantastic

[@PassingBy1118]

This team, with Spalletti, isn't going to qualify for the next World Cup

[@Roman-yv3ye]

It's weird seeing Frank in the studio 😂😂

[@TanakaSigauke]

That Germany game was elite bs

[@tyronevaldez-kruger5313]

Was fun to watch

[@michaelrojas709]

Spaletti has to go. Horrible team management and tactics. Build a team of players who normally play in a 3 atb and played with a 4atb. Every match was different formation and different players in the line up. Players were played out of position. He kept players that were terrible in the lineup. Players like El Sha should not have started over Zaccagni, why the heck would you start Cristante.

[@federico1544]

He can't be fired. They're paying him a fortune

[@mbenembene2841]

Switzerland outclassed and outcoached the southern neighbors. Hop hop Schwiz!

[@reigniv4044]

As soon as Pellegrini was not in the team.. I knew Italy were cooked.

[@noelculpitt3578]

Switzerland were magnificent and outplayed Italy ...IF England win they will be up against a formidable opposition that are streets ahead in preparation and teamwork ...really enjoyed watching them

[@chriscam686]

That was an unbelievably bad performance. I couldn’t believe a team could show up in a knockout game looking that clueless and lacking any real ideas

[@miguelmendes3022]

Switzerland was just the better team man to man had better players and a system that's good going forward and defend. Similar to Austria i know these teams are strong cos they consistently do well whereas Italy are going through a phase with no talent upfront it doesnt help.

[@darj617]

They showed little in the group stage, why would anyone expect them to be any better in the knockouts

[@fechandi]

Italy didn’t make the World Cup , and didn’t qualify from their group in Brasil . I think this has been going on for a while

[@tt67791]

italy didnt qualify for 18 and 22 world cup, or am i drunk????

[@natoslayer2907]

It's been poor for Italy since 2006. That's what makes Euro 2020 so weird.

[@eliottmurillo8290]

I missed the Italy 90s and part 2000s, horrible team, they play nothing, Swiss was fully superior and deserved to win.

[@luckystarpiano]

Me too😢 remember the 2006 team??? Ahhh that was star studded super team with so many giants, yet managed so elegantly by Lippi

[@terrygyimah1956]

Switzerland 🇨🇭 are for real but now that Italy are going home...prepare for Nations League and ultimately qualification for 2026

[@arturocolin2292]

Italian football has a problem. Their league is full of foreign players and there are not Italian players playing in other European leagues.

[@senti2175]

You basically said that there aren't enough good Italian footballers.

[@trephix]

Completely washed

[@salvatoremannino3389]

A team to remember... took the fastest ever gol scored in this competition, trashed by Spain, saved by literally a miracle at the 98th minute, a well deserved win according to the coach, finally buried by Switzerland. In fairness they hit a post, 😂 😂 LOL ( by an Italian by the way...)

[@natoslayer2907]

Italians got complacent while watching their wealth of legends from the 90s and 2000s.

[@salvatoremannino3389]

@@natoslayer2907 I doubt very many truly believed in this team back home. If they did they were fools

[@Wayfa40]

Whoa Spalletti has joined them in the studio already, oh wait thats Frank

[@blackmantis3130]

😂😂😂 good one

[@Ichsukatanuka]

Italy were so bad, made England look world class 😂

[@paulhynes170]

They made Scotland look world class

[@justsomeguywithamustache2901]

They got lucky against Croatia as well😂😂

[@CosmicTuxedo]

They got lucky with the last goal but why didnt Croatia score more goals?

[@TT-fq7pl]

@@CosmicTuxedo The last goal wasn't lucky. It was beautifully executed.

[@jharvardu]

where are all the people who thought italy was being overhated by the english media and that they would prove everyone wrong? 😂

[@ginjordom6065]

@@CosmicTuxedo Because we suck too,we've got no real strikers. Still we would've been a far better opponent to Switzerland. Ah well,better luck next time.

[@CosmicTuxedo]

@@TT-fq7pl I know it wasn't, i just said that too make a point.

[@BenitoElDuce]

Im italian, and i can say they stunk. They looked lost. They looked like they were not interested in playing. Go home!

[@Giovanni60smandear]

They heard you

[@user-to9km5cg1z]

Lucy spaghetti is a big downgrade from Roberto mancini

[@zaeverno]

Italy: "It's coming Rome" Switzerland: "Nah, it ain't happening."

[@MichaelHolmgaard]

Frank in the studio just looks right!

[@JM-xk6oz]

Croatia would have given Swiss tougher game.

[@moafishing5654]

Italy thought its a friendly game

[@Michelino89-dp4ld]

That was by far the worst Italian performance I've seen in a major international tournament. The players were strolling around the pitch like it was an end of season friendly. Just utterly bizarre to watch.

[@mamadousy9632]

This is the worst Italian performance since 1966 lost to North Korea for me