Ciro Immobile he still fired a miss. There Golden Shoe 2020 who put all the continental strikers in dutiful single file marking a season to be framed, even against the Netherlands it seemed the shadow of himself. Expectations are very high and, consequently, criticism when the blue striker does not respond on the pitch as everyone expects: with decisive goals and constant scoring. A situation that probably weighs psychologically on the player and affects his performance. The group knows it, perceives it and that is why it protects it from easy criticism.
To speak of Ciro Immobile is Alessandro Florenzi in the after game of Italy-Holland in which the blue striker appeared with wet powders in front of goal, making more than one good occasion wrong and preventing Italy from celebrating with a victory: “I hear things that are neither in heaven nor on earth on Ciro. At the media level, there is too much talk of Property. He should be a national hero and if he misses a chance or two, everyone will go after him“True, but it is also true that in this beginning of the season between the national team and Lazio he certainly did not shine.
In three Serie A matches, with the Lazio shirt. after the exploit of the current year, he is gone scored only on one occasion, in his seasonal debut against Cagliari, with a goal that was worth three points, Then, zero goals against Atalanta and zero against Inter where he stained his performance even with the expulsion due to the reaction towards Vidal that it cost the direct red card.
Certainly not champion statistics, since he had left everyone raising the Golden Boot with 39 total goals, 36 of which in the league. IS in the national team he certainly did not stand out, with Mancini who alternated him with Belotti: not called up in the friendly against Moldova, on the bench with Poland, he had played 90 minutes against the Netherlands in the first leg setting up the assist for Barella and on Wednesday evening in Bergamo another 90 minutes . All without a goal, which in blue has been missing since November 2019 with the brace against Armenia.
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