Coach Fabio Capello expressed his sadness at the exit of the Italian national team from the European qualifying round for the 2022 World Cup, after a sudden and harsh defeat against North Macedonia, with a goal for nothing, on Thursday evening.
On the reasons that led to the failure of the European champions to qualify for the World Cup for the second time, the Italian coach explained to “Sky Sport Italia” network: “The explanation is very simple, I said a long time ago that we imitate the style of Pep Guardiola, coach of Manchester City, 15 years ago without To have sufficient quality.
He added: Physically, Macedonia was superior to us in terms of dynamism, strength and determination, everything was clear. on emulating them, because we only do it 50 percent.
Capello continued: We have to apply the German style, he has determination, vertical play and depth, the only team that did that in Italy and was successful is Atalanta, if we do not understand that in order to play always succeed in Europe you have to play a certain way, we will always be left behind.