Gigio Donnarumma raged at his teammates when Luka Modric gave Croatia the lead final night time, whereas Mattia Zaccagni collapsed in pleasure after the ultimate whistle and was quickly joined by different Azzurri.
It was one of many craziest nights in La Nazionale’s historical past as a late Zaccagni purpose helped Italy safe a 1-1 draw in opposition to Croatia and qualify for the EURO 2024 Spherical of 16.
Soccer Italia was among the many accredited media on the Leipzig Stadium final night time, so we will deliver you three belongings you didn’t see on TV on Monday.
Donnarumma rage
Gigio was as soon as once more the MOTM for the Azzurri and he might do nothing to keep away from Modric’s opener early within the second half. The PSG star made two key saves within the area of 30 seconds. First to disclaim the Actual Madrid ace from the spot after which one other one to frustrate ex-Crotone and Samp ahead Ante Budimir. Nevertheless, when he noticed Modric squeeze previous his teammates and put the ball inside an empty web, he reacted angrily. Gigio was completely fuming and whereas over 25,000 Croatians celebrated with their heroes throwing any type of factor from the stands, the Italian keeper jumped and shouted at his compatriots contained in the field as they need to have accomplished extra to cease the Croatian legend.
Spalletti
What a sport it was for the CT. His rage erupted throughout post-match interviews, however earlier than that, he adopted the sport with unbelievable ardour and involvement. Spalletti had his head in his fingers when, at minute 83, Federico Chiesa made a pointy cross contained in the field however discovered no Italy participant prepared for the tap-in. Everybody noticed Spalletti’s loopy run on the touchline to have fun Zaccagni’s dramatic equaliser, however not many noticed the coach return to the pitch from the locker room over half-hour after the ultimate whistle to wave at lower than 1,000 Italy followers who had remained within the stands to have fun a significant draw. As Spalletti defined at a post-match press convention: “President Gravina got here to me and stated: ‘Come say howdy to everybody since you went straight contained in the tunnel.’ He was proper. You have to be there and wave to the followers as a result of they’re all ready for you. These individuals have paid for a ticket and so they eat within the streets.”
Zaccagni
The new Italian hero couldn’t discover a higher second to attain his first purpose with the nationwide crew. We’ve all seen it a number of occasions and from any angle right this moment. No matter Italy’s outcomes on this competitors, Zaccagni’s late equaliser will without end stay some of the iconic objectives ever scored by La Nazionale at a significant event. Maybe he couldn’t even consider what he had simply made when the referee blew the ultimate whistle final night time. Like a lot of his teammates, Zaccagni collapsed in pleasure as quickly as the sport ended, masking his face along with his fingers. Maybe he was crying, however certainly, he was acknowledged by a lot of his teammates, who ran in direction of him for one more heat and unforgettable hug.
