Simone Zaza said Italy strikers had to “sacrifice ourselves for the team” in a 1-1 draw with Croatia.
“We knew this would be a very difficult match, as Croatia have top quality players,” the Sassuolo” data-scaytid=”2″>Sassuolo striker told Rai Sport.
Simone Zaza said Italy strikers had to “sacrifice ourselves for the team” in a 1-1 draw with Croatia.
“We knew this would be a very difficult match, as Croatia have top quality players,” the Sassuolo striker told Rai Sport.
He set up Antonio Candreva’s opening goal, which was then wiped out by Ivan Perisic.
“We ran into our first real problems in this journey, but we knew that could happen. Fundamentally we both created the same number of chances.
“The positives are our team spirit and the fact we never gave in. We forwards had to keep an eye on the Croatian midfielders, so we sacrificed ourselves for the team and perhaps were less sharp in front of goal than usual.”