NO WAY YOU'LL BE DRIVEN OUT
Daily Record|July 01, 2024
Italy boss dubbed Fiat in land of Ferrari but Spalletti told...
CHARLIE GORDON
NO WAY YOU'LL BE DRIVEN OUT

CRITICISE our football all you like but don't you dare drag our cars into this.

That was the message from Italy manager Luciano Spalletti, who took exception to a smug Swiss journalist comparing Switzerland to a Ferrari and the Azzurri to a Fiat Panda after a memorable night at Euro 2024.

Remo Freuler and Ruben Vargas scored in a 2-0 victory as Switzerland advanced to the quarter-finals and dismissed the reigning champions.

The car comparison kicked Spalletti while he was down, and the former Napoli boss said: "We have to accept everything, even allusions in bad taste like yours. I understand that you are a person of great irony and quality."

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