Italy coach with devastating criticism after corner embarrassment

Frankfurter Rundschau Italy coach with devastating criticism after corner embarrassment Christopher Michel • 49 million • 2 minutes read Germany wins prestigious duel Germany practically made fun of Italy with a corner trick. National coach Luciano Spalletti harshly criticized his players. Dortmund – The 36th minute of the Nations League clash between Germany and Italy (3:3) will almost certainly find a place in the annual reviews. Kimmich shocks Italy and makes the DFB team celebrate Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma made a brilliant save against Tim Kleindienst – and then left his goal to discuss the ensuing situation with his teammates. Joshua Kimmich took the ball from the alert ball boy, reacted quickly, and delivered a sharp corner into the middle, where Jamal Musiala was able to slot it into the empty net completely unchallenged, increasing the lead to 2:0 in the prestigious duel. Italy coach Luciano Spalletti was close to despair The Squadra Azzurra, in any case, was shocked and ultimately unable to crown their comeback, partly due to this embarrassment. National coach Luciano Spalletti was clear: "I always side with the players and defend them. But this time...?" The 66-year-old has experienced a lot in his career. But a situation like this? It doesn't occur often in a sport that is not lacking in oddities. Italy coach Spalletti criticized after corner kick embarrassment "That second goal was unbelievable. We could have easily prevented it. You can always concede a goal, but it shouldn't happen like this," Spalletti offered devastating criticism. Even later in the press conference, when the topic changed, the coach couldn't shake off that moment: "I keep coming back to that second goal. It killed us. It was a blow to the neck. You just can't do that from a corner." This was one of the reasons why the Italians couldn't fight back in the final and missed out on a place in the Final Four. Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann, by the way, said of the brilliant corner trick: "You can't rehearse that. The ball boy does it well, of course. But the decisive player is Joshua Kimmich. That was very intelligent." He probably won't be contradicted for that.