The Napoli full-back after the defeat: “Sad for those who believed in it and won’t be able to see another World Cup”
“Sorry.” Leonardo Spinazzola repeats this word endlessly in the flash interview after the defeat against Bosnia which denied Italy their third World Cup in a row. “I still can’t believe that we went out like this. After such a difficult game and with one man less. We could have scored three or four goals that could have closed the game. It’s a great disappointment for everyone, for us, for the group, our families, the Italians, our children, those who believed in it and won’t be able to see another World Cup.”
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The voice is broken by emotion, by the emotion, he struggles to go out and make himself heard in the bedlam of the Bilino Polje stadium in Zenica which celebrates the most coveted goal by praising Dzeko and his teammates. “It’s a huge disappointment – continues Spinazzola -. A huge disappointment to see young guys here crying on the pitch, but I hope they will have many more opportunities in the future to try again”. The Napoli winger recently turned 33, and it is very unlikely that he could be among them. He knows it, he says it: “Without the ‘maybe’, for me this was certainly the last chance to go to a World Cup.” Then the thought returns to the country: “I’m sorry for all of Italy.” Finally, we return to the pitch, to the expulsion of Bastoni who from the 41st minute of the first half left his teammates with ten men and to other episodes of the second half, such as Muharemovic’s foul on Palestra, punished with a yellow card when the whole of Italy was asking for a bigger sanction: “Yes, there have been episodes – admits Spinazzola -. By staying with ten men we knew it would be difficult, but now it’s useless to talk about it”.
