Andrea Pirlo joins the criticism as Italy fears the worst
Former playmaker Andrea Pirlo joined the criticism after Italy's 1-0 defeat to Sweden on Friday left the four-times champions on the brink of passing up on the World Cup finals for initially in 60 years.Italy, whose last failure to qualify for the finals was in 1958, need certainly to beat Sweden by two goals in the return leg on Monday in Milan to prevent what the top of the federation Carlo .
Tavecchio has dubbed the ‘Apocalypse But their toothless performance on Friday – the newest in some lacklustre displays – has been doing nothing to reassure their supporters that Gian Piero Ventura's side is around the task.Gazzetta dello Sport described their display in Sweden as ‘poor and confused'and Tuttosport said ‘enough of excuses, we now have to prevent a historic embarrassment '.“Italy appeared to be a scared team that has been playing for a 0-0 draw. In Europe, that's inadequate,” Pirlo told . The 38-year-old, who confirmed his retirement on Monday, also had little sympathy for Ventura's complaints in regards to the referee.
Tavecchio has dubbed the ‘Apocalypse But their toothless performance on Friday – the newest in some lacklustre displays – has been doing nothing to reassure their supporters that Gian Piero Ventura's side is around the task.Gazzetta dello Sport described their display in Sweden as ‘poor and confused'and Tuttosport said ‘enough of excuses, we now have to prevent a historic embarrassment '.“Italy appeared to be a scared team that has been playing for a 0-0 draw. In Europe, that's inadequate,” Pirlo told . The 38-year-old, who confirmed his retirement on Monday, also had little sympathy for Ventura's complaints in regards to the referee.
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