After a very disappointing performance, Italy was eliminated from Euro 2024 by Switzerland. After the match, Gianluigi Donnarumma expressed his distress.
The blow is harsh, the pill, hard to swallow. Italy has never managed to enter its Euro 2024 and has multiplied mediocre performances. At the end of a match largely dominated by Switzerland in the round of 16, the Nazionale was logically eliminated by showing a rather low level of play. Only Gigio Donnarumma responded.
After the match, the Italian captain seemed touched: “We can just apologize to all the Italian fans. We didn’t deserve to win, there’s nothing to say. It’s unacceptable. We played badly throughout the game, that’s the truth and we must accept it.”
If the words are so harsh, it is because the Squadra Azzurra will not be able to defend their title of European champion. By losing to Switzerland for the first time since 1993, Luciano Spalletti said goodbye to his dreams of winning Euro 2024.
More than the elimination, the manner is to be deplored. Invisible against Spain, miraculous against Croatia, Italy never knew how to raise its level in the round of 16. Never during the match did we feel the Italians capable of destabilizing the Nati. It will be necessary to pull itself together to qualify for the 2026 World Cup and avoid a third consecutive fiasco.
