The Italy Men's National Team were unceremoniously dumped out of the 2024 European Championship on Saturday evening after losing 2-0 against Switzerland in Berlin.

Luciano Spalletti made yet another change of shape for the round of 16, opting for a 4-3-3, and made a raft of personnel changes from the Croatia match.

The Azzurri were not at it from the first whistle and Remo Freuler's opener towards the end of the first half came much later than it could have done.

The second half then began disastrously as Switzerland scored after 27 seconds after Italy gave the ball away immediately from their own kick-off. From there, it was clear that the holders were heading home.

The Total Italian Football Podcast is here with Euan Burns, Conor Clancy, and Kevin Pogorzelski to chat through the disappointing action.

Player ratings: https://total-italianfootball.com/italy-switzerland-player-ratings-euro-2024

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The Italy Men's National Team have confirmed their place in the Round of 16 at the 2024 European Championship round of 16 after a dramatic and unconvincing 1-1 draw with Croatia in Leipzig.

After Gianluigi Donnarumma had kept Luka Modric out from the penalty spot and the Real Madrid midfielder then scored within a minute of his missed spot kick, Mattia Zaccagni struck with the last kick of the game after eight minutes had been added in stoppages to put the Azzurri through and likely send Croatia home.

The Total Italian Football Podcast is here with, Conor Clancy and Alasdair Mackenzie - fresh back in Rome having been in Germany - talking through the game and where it leaves Italy, beyond being in the knockout rounds.

Post-match article: https://total-italianfootball.com/italy-qualification-euro-2024-knockout-stages-croatia-little-to-convince/

Player ratings vs Croatia: https://total-italianfootball.com/italy-croatia-player-ratings-euro-2024/

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The Italy Men's National Team are not certain of their place in the 2024 European Championship round of 16 after a 1-0 defeat to Spain in Gelsenkirchen.

Luciano Spalletti's side came into the game against La Roja knowing that a win would see them through to the knockout stages, but they were overawed by a Spain side that was crisp in the pass and could waltz into the final third with ease.

The fact that only one goal separated the sides by the final whistle was only down to the great display from Gianluigi Donnarumma. The Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper made a string of great saves to keep Italy in it, but an equaliser would have been wholly undeserved.

The Total Italian Football Podcast is here with Euan Burns, Conor Clancy, Vito Doria and Alasdair Mackenzie phoning in from the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen to chat through the action.

Alasdair's report: https://total-italianfootball.com/italy-spain-euro-2024-report-outclassed-calafiori

The Italy player ratings: https://total-italianfootball.com/italy-spain-player-ratings-euro-2024

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The Italy Men's National Team got their 2024 European Championship underway with a 2-1 win over Albania in Dortmund, despite falling behind after just 23 seconds.

A poor throw-in from Federico Dimarco and some sleepy defending from Inter teammate Alessandro Bastoni allowed Sassuolo's Nedim Bajrami to fire in what was the fastest goal in European Championship history.

The Azzurri didn't let their heads go down, though, and by the 16th minute, Luciano Spalletti's side were winning 2-1. A great ball from Lorenzo Pellegrini was headed in by Bastoni, and then Nicolo Barella met a loose ball on the bounce and netted the second impressively.

Italy created plenty of chances and will have expected to score more goals, with Albania not threatening until the dying moments when Gianluigi Donnarumma pulled off an important save. The Azzurri will next face Spain on Thursday, June 20, with La Roja having beaten Croatia 3-0.

The Total Italian Football Podcast is here with Conor Clancy, Kev Pogorzelski and Euan Burns to chat through the action at the Westfalenstadion.

Player ratings: https://total-italianfootball.com/italy-albania-player-ratings-euro-2024

Reaction article: https://total-italianfootball.com/italy-euro-2024-barella-bastoni-vital/

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The 2024 European Championship is here, and the Italy Men's National Team are set to kick off their campaign on Day 2 of the tournament against Albania. The Azzurri won't have it easy, having been drawn in a tricky Group B alongside Spain and Croatia.

With Luciano Spalleti's Italy squad for Euro 2024 having been announced the pre-tournament friendlies now played, the time for talking is almost over and attention will turn to on-field matters as soon as Saturday evening arrives.

For now, though, the Total Italian Football Podcast is here with our first Euro 2024 Podcast of the summer, with Euan Burns and Kevin Pogorzelski joining Conor Clancy to chat through the squad position-by-position, the warm-up friendlies, and some of the selection choices as well.

We will be back with Euro 2024 Podcasts after each of Italy's matches this summer.

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The 2023/24 Women's Serie A season has come to an end with AS Roma winning the title again, and Pomigliano heading down to Serie B.

There is plenty to discuss so Euan Burns and Conor Clancy are here with a bumper Women's Football Podcast complete, two-part season review, to chat through all 10 teams and how their season went, with plenty of tangents along the way including the Coppa Italia Femminile final.

Our Team of the Season is revealed, along with a handful of individual awards that were largely dominated by Roma players given their superb campaign.

There is also time to talk about the Italy Women's National Team matches against Norway.

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The 2023/24 Women's Serie A season has come to an end with AS Roma winning the title again, and Pomigliano heading down to Serie B.

There is plenty to discuss so Euan Burns and Conor Clancy are here with a bumper Women's Football Podcast complete, two-part season review, to chat through all 10 teams and how their season went, with plenty of tangents along the way including the Coppa Italia Femminile final.

Our Team of the Season is revealed, along with a handful of individual awards that were largely dominated by Roma players given their superb campaign.

There is also time to talk about the Italy Women's National Team matches against Norway.

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With the 2023/24 Serie A season finally coming to an end with Fiorentina and Atalanta's rearranged clash, we've been able to review the entire campaign in the second half of a bumper two-part episode.

Conor Clancy is hosting with Euan Burns, Kevin Pogorzelski, and Vito Doria all present to talk through their individual picks for team of the season, all the major talking points from the season, and various other individual awards.

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There are also some shocking admissions as the boys run through their pre-season predictions, some of which really didn't need revisiting.

You can support Total Italian Football and the Total Italian Football Podcast on Patreon. The Women's Serie A season review with Conor and Euan will be with you shortly, and there'll be coverage as long as the Italy Men's National Team remains in contention at Euro 2024.

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