Marco Verratti does “not agree with the jeers, nor the criticism” after beating Israel 1-0. “Italy fans are always pessimistic.”
The Paris Saint-Germain midfielder was jeered on his substitution and the entire team booed off the pitch at half-time, as the 3-0 defeat to Spain has not been forgiven.
Marco Verratti does “not agree with the jeers, nor the criticism” after beating Israel 1-0. “Italy fans are always pessimistic.”
The Paris Saint-Germain midfielder was jeered on his substitution and the entire team booed off the pitch at half-time, as the 3-0 defeat to Spain has not been forgiven.
“I don’t agree with the jeers, nor the criticism. It’s never easy at international level, just look at France drawing with Luxembourg or Sweden beaten by Belarus,” Verratti told Rai Sport.
“Italy fans are always pessimistic, but we know that things change quickly here and all it takes is one good performance to be considered a phenomenon, one bad game to be called unworthy of the shirt.
“We have won all our games in qualifying apart from against Spain, we must admit that at this point in time they are superior to us.
“We dominated Israel in terms of possession, with shots on goal and should’ve won by a bigger margin, so we need to be more efficient.”
Verratti was asked how he feels playing in the controversial 4-2-4 system.
“I think we have a good mix of youth and experience, but it’s hard when together for only a few days to do much tactical work, so we will grow over time.”