Football: Tapiro d'oro to Spalletti for goal gift to Germany, ‘fits us’

Rome, 24 Mar. (LaPresse) – Tonight on Striscia la notizia (Canale 5, 8.35pm) Valerio Staffelli delivers a Tapiro d'oro to Luciano Spalletti, after the bitter elimination of the national team against Germany in the final phase of the Nations League. ‘Now for the World Cup it will be a bit tougher, but I'm going forward with this group despite what is said,’ says the Azzurri coach who, when Staffelli asks him for a comment on the resounding “oratory goal” during the German double, admits: ’For that goal there the Tapiro fits. In the dressing room I told the lads that they had to realise what we were doing and that I expected a reaction'. Finally, on the controversial penalty first awarded to Italy and then taken away by Var, Spalletti admits: ‘I don't know what happened, every time I referee in training I take unrepeatable insults from the players, so I don't know how to judge. For Luciano Spalletti it is the third Tapiro d'oro of his career.