Italy-All Blacks, Innocenti applauds Azzurri and coach Crowley

The Italy of rugby held up against the All Blacks, the best in the world. Federugby president Marzio Innocenti comments on the Azzurri’s 47-9 defeat against New Zealand. “The boys held up well for a large part of the match against the strongest team in the world, they found the answers they were looking for. The road to reach the top is still long, we cannot be happy with a defeat at home but I would say to take what This match has given us good, there is nothing that did not satisfy me, we are at the beginning of a path and we faced the strongest in the world. We held up better than Wales against the All Blacks “, says Innocenti. “I would like to say a few more words for our captain Lamaro and how he interpreted the match and his role: it warmed my heart. Now let’s see the next two test matches against Argentina and Uruguay and then the Six Nations where we will go in field to win every single game, then between trying and succeeding there is the sea in the middle but we will give it our all “, he adds. Special mention for the new coach:” Not that there was a need but Kieran Crowley proved to be a great technician capable of guessing all the moves of the match, he did nothing wrong, from the starting line-up to the substitutions. He will be the milestone on which to found this blue cycle “, he told Adnkronos.