“We made it difficult for them”

“In the first half, we played more with the ball. We made them difficult. The opponent is 100 places ahead of us in the ranking”. SIA reports that the head coach of our national team, Gianni de Byazi, said these words at a press conference after the loss to Sweden in the second round of the Euro-2024 qualifying round.

The Italian specialist said that despite the 0:5 defeat of his team, they played an excellent game: “We stayed in the game until the second goal. I think we played a great game. We controlled the ball more. After the second goal, they had every opportunity to score. We also had opportunities. Not even “We could have drawn. Of course, they are physically stronger than us. We can stay in the game for 70-75 minutes. After that, it’s very difficult for us.”

De Byazi also noted that his team is easily discouraged: “The most important thing is that we should not lose heart after 2:0. We should believe that we can change the result in our favor. I am sure that we can do better than this. We have to learn from this game in order to develop.

In the last minutes of the game, I gave a chance to the children born in 2002 and 2003. I understand that the result is sad for us, but I have nothing to say to them.”