Tonali: ‘We must get back to being Italy’

Sandro Tonali admits the 1-1 draw with North Macedonia is ‘not what we hoped for,’ however he believes Luciano Spalletti’s tenure is heading in the right direction. ‘We should get again to being Italy.’

This was the debut underneath the brand new coach, as Roberto Mancini resigned on August 13 to take the Saudi Arabia job as an alternative.

A 1-1 attract Skopje makes this an much more difficult group, even when the highest two qualify mechanically for EURO 2024 and people in third make it to the play-offs.

“It’s not what we hoped for and never the outcome we wished to take again house,” Tonali instructed Sky Sport Italia and RAI Sport.

“Disappointment is pure, simply as it’s proper that North Macedonia rejoice their outcome. However that is soccer, each recreation is troublesome at worldwide stage. Now we have to get again on observe, as a result of in a couple of days there may be one other essential match. We have to get again to being Italy.”

There have been actually enhancements within the taking part in fashion, because the Azzurri dominated the primary half and hit the body of the objective with Tonali’s strike earlier than Ciro Motionless opened the scoring.

They had been solely undone by a beautiful Enis Bardhi free kick that bent over the wall with ferocity and precision.

“We managed the sport effectively and had quite a few possibilities, however then had been unable to cope with their response within the ultimate quarter-hour. It’s a pity, as we allowed only a few alternatives, nevertheless it was sufficient to pay for it with a draw.”

The Azzurri will host Ukraine on Tuesday at San Siro and a win there would put them stage on factors with the Ukrainians, however with a recreation in hand.