The former central defender of Fiorentina has gone on to comment on the woes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 while playing in international friendly matches, and said that this needs to end.
The Azzurri played hosts to the French national outfit as they welcomed them to the Tardini Stadium in Parma. However, despite a promising start to the evening for the Nazionale with Stephan El Shaarawy breaking the deadlock, it was not long before the Didier
Deschamps’ men turned the match around with extreme clinical finishing.
It was a new look Italian national outfit which did not feature the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Salvatore-Sirigu-c32282 and Marco Verratti were given an opportunity to have a rare start. Buffon and Pirlo were being rested; however,
the latter did make an appearance in the second half. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alessandro-c4710 Florenzi was handed his debut in the Azzurri colours as well.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Giorgio-Chiellini-c14963 was left to wonder how the match went and what things could have been like had the Italians been more clinical in their approach in front of the goal. Chiellini was made the captain of the Italian national team on the night, and given the
fact that it was a rare occasion that the defender was handed over the captaincy it is only natural for him to have wanted to win. But the Juventus defender went on to comment on the match and stated that it was not as if the Italians deserved the win, but
a draw would have been a fair showing of the proceedings of the match.
Furthermore, he reflected on their abysmal record in friendlies, and mentioned that it might be because of a lack of determination in the friendlies, and was quoted to have said:
“If we have to lose, then it’s better to do so when it doesn’t count. We wanted to overturn this trend of losing in friendlies and got off to a strong start, but instead we must try to take the positives from the evening and improve. I am reminded of the
games with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Uruguay-c3035 and the USA, so perhaps unconsciously we are lacking that little bit of determination in friendlies to close down the chances when our opponents score with one of their only opportunities.”
The Italians lost 2-1 to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 on the night.
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