Responsibility for Italy Euro 2024 exit lies with Spalletti

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BERLIN -- They may have been the defending champions, but nobody thought Italy were particularly good heading into Euro 2024. Fewer still thought they could be this bad.

While the 2-0 round-of-16 loss at the hands of Switzerland on Saturday could be explained away by a generation of players in poor form at the back, tired in midfield and thoroughly mediocre up front, it's hard not to point a finger at the coach, Luciano Spalletti. In typical Spalletti fashion, he took responsibility in his own way after the game, albeit after rattling off a whole bunch of reasons for the defeat.

"Conceding the second goal just after the restart was a blow to morale." You don't…