I have always thought that major events with national teams as protagonists, such as World Cups and Europeans, can often be misleading. Almost normal players who become stars within a few games or, vice versa, established champions who are lost forever. I often take the example of Salenko, top scorer in USA 1994 (like Stoichkov) and celebrated as a phenomenon. Well, a few years later, he got lost in a semi-professional club in Poland …
World and European Championships must be taken with a grain of salt… Let’s get right into the discussion: Federico Bernardeschi and Aaron Ramsey. Let’s start with the blue. Fresh from a season (and it was not the first) decidedly unfortunate at Juventus, the former viola has returned to shine with the blue shirt on … Easy-going, eager, determined and even likeable. Many have recognized Mancini’s merits, good at making him play where he does best, or as a wide winger. In short, in the national team they understood how Bernardeschi should be played while at Juventus, the various Allegri, Sarri and Pirlo exploited him in the wrong way. I’m sorry, but I’m not there …
Mancini will never admit it (rightly) but I think Bernardeschi is the last option up there. He played a good game against Wales, there is nothing more to say in his favor. Of course, in the national team he is more desirous but this does not depend on the color of the shirt he wears. If so, Juventus should ask themselves some questions, right?
Now I even hear about the renewal of the contract for Bernardeschi. After entire sections of the transfer market trying to place him, he suddenly became very important for Allegri’s new Juventus. Nobody, me first, considers him an overrated player but, if Juventus really wants to start a new cycle, Bernardeschi should probably not be part of it (like many others). I think he would be happier elsewhere also because the European and World Cups arrive once every four years, five if a pandemic comes into play …
Naughty with Faith? Even more so with Aaron. The Welshman said he was “frustrated” by the two years in black and white. In reality, Juventus should be more frustrated as they write checks for a total of seven million euros a year for the former Arsenal every year. Fragile like Samuel L. Jackson in Unbreakable, the Welshman also has another two years of guaranteed contract with the Old Lady. He is doing well at the European Championship and, immediately, there are those who think it is right to trust him. I believe it is necessary to have faith in the company’s ability to place it elsewhere. I don’t think the Juventus fans will miss much …
Be that as it may, Forza Italia! Judgments (bad) aside, the stories that Euro 2020 is telling are truly from the heart!
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