Spalletti Praises Italy's Response After Conceding In The First 23 Seconds

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JAKARTA - Italian national team manager Luciano Spalletti praised his team's way of responding and getting up to a 2-1 win in the Euro 2024 Group B match at Dortmund on Sunday morning, having previously conceded in 23 seconds of the game. "Things like this could happen because we were stopped," Spalletti said at a post-match press conference citing ESPN. But we need to appreciate the desire to continue playing football even in difficult situations," continued Spalletti praising his team. Albania, a black horse in Group B who received support from supporters of two-thirds of the stadium, scored the fastest goal history in the Euro tournament through Nedim Bajrami's goal at 23 seconds. The goal came from a throw-in error into Federico Dimarco towards the Italian penalty box but was immediately cut off by Bajrami who took advantage of the chances and fired a shot past Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Italy's Federico Chiesa admits the stadium's atmosphere is like being at home to opponents, but according to him it doesn't affect the slow start from Italy. From my point of view on the pitch, there are fewer Italians and many Albaniaans, but that's amazing, Chiesa said. It's nice to play in the opponent's cage. It doesn't affect us in breaking open goals. Goals happen from an inward throw, "said Spallleti happy with how his team responds and how the Italian players dominate. Spalletti believes the final score doesn't reflect the difference between the two teams, but also gives a careful signal to his team after the Rey Manaj of Albania almost scored the equalizer at the end of the match. We have to improve, we need to be more cruel, we are neat and organized in building attacks, but we need to hurt opponents. We think we are great in keeping possession of the ball, but we need to improve it," he said. Albania's coach Sylvinho, admits the superiority of his opponent who is the defending champion of the Euros, even though his team is also fast enough to steal goals. It's a shame we can't survive. It's not easy because they are a good team. If we don't concede a second goal, then it's a good game for us. Unfortunately, we couldn't hold on the Italian attack and it's a tough 25 minutes for us," he said. Italia can secure three points thanks to Alessandro Bastoni's goal and Nicol Marilla in the 11th minute and 16th and lead 2-1 to the end of the game.