He compared the Azzurre to London's Arsenal, which, in his opinion, lives on past glory and that everything comes down to individual moves. "Italy is like the Arsenal among national teams, full of hype based on old glory," Scholes stated and continued: "They don't have a clear vision of play as a team, everything comes down to individual moves, which is why they don't play in the best way." Scholes believes that today's Italy does not have the identity it once had. "This is not the Italy we knew from the 90s and early 2000s. They don't carry the spirit of players like Paolo Maldini, Fabio Cannavaro, Andrea Pirlo, Gianluigi Buffon, and Francesco Totti." His words are just another in a series of sharp criticisms aimed at the Azzurri, who are going through one of the toughest crises in their history.