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'We played so badly' - Italy star Bryan Cristante slams team-mates and admits they 'deserve' to be knocked out of Euro 2024 after awful display against Switzerland

UEFA Nations League A

Italy

France

Spain

Switzerland

<a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/italy-player-ratings-vs-switzerland-euro-2024-chiesa-barella-spalletti/blt1fb9a3326d76ae36" target="_blank">Italy lost 2-0 to Switzerland in the last-16 of Euro 2024</a>, bringing to an end their defence of the trophy. Goals from Remo Freuler and Ruben Vargas have booked the Swiss a quarter-final spot against the winner of England's clash with Slovakia.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Cristante has claimed that his side were deservedly knocked out of the tournament, having already scraped through the group stages. It remains to be seen if consequences will follow for manager Luciano Spalletti but the Roma midfielder did not hold back in his scathing review of the performance.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Cristante told reporters: "There is little to be said, we were outplayed from all points of view, we need to clear our heads and understand what we did wrong and start again with a different attitude."At the level of organisation there was so much difference and when there is so much difference then the energy is lost, there is nothing to say and we go home deservedly."He added: "Preparation? I don't know, there are many things that didn't go (well). We played so badly compared to the others and it is therefore down to many factors."

WHAT CRISTANTE SAID

Italy will attempt to conduct a post-mortem on a terrible campaign while Switzerland await the result of Sunday's England clash to learn their quarter-final fate.

WHAT NEXT?

'We played so badly' - Italy star Bryan Cristante slams team-mates and admits they 'deserve' to be knocked out of Euro 2024 after awful display against Switzerland | Goal.com

Bryan Cristante has slammed his Italy team-mates after their Euro 2024 elimination at the hands of Switzerland.

&apos;We played so badly&apos; - Italy star Bryan Cristante slams team-mates and admits they &apos;deserve&apos; to be knocked out of Euro 2024 after awful display against Switzerland