Daniele De Rossi’s last intuition on the Giallorossi bench, Luciano Spalletti’s last temptation on the Azzurri one. Niccolò Pisilli, son of Rome, dreams of Italy. “Guys like him have to play more. They are the future of our football. Spalletti is aiming for a young team in view of the 2026 World Cup, we hope he can bring some of them too.” Thus the head of the delegation of the Under 21 national team Giancarlo Antognoni not even a month ago. He spoke in particular about Savona and Pisilli, baby protagonists of the first days of the championship with Juventus and Roma respectively.
Roma are full of problems, Pisilli has put a patch on them
by Silvia Scotti
Pisilli, confirmed even after De Rossi’s dismissal
A few days later the Giallorossi corporate earthquake would have swallowed up De Rossi, not his idea: Niccolò, started at the Stadium in the third match of the season, remains at the center of the project also with Ivan Juric. It was supposed to end up on the market in the summer, but Daniele blocked it. Now his legacy is worth a fortune. Scooter, heart and brain of the Giallorossi midfield, Pisilli books tickets for Italy’s next Nations League matches, scheduled for 10 and 14 October against Belgium and Israel. Are you a spectator or a protagonist? It’s up to Spalletti to decide. Certainly the temptation is not lacking, given the imminence of the call-ups and the excellent state of form of the midfielder. Thanks to the injury to Marco Brescianini’s flexor, called into question by the coach in the Italian team’s latest outings against France and Israel, Pisilli could find space.
Belgium and Israel, two opportunities to make their debut in blue
Without forgetting the absence of Nicolò Barella, struggling with the strain on the rectus femoris of his right thigh. However, the race for a place in midfield remains tight, given the newfound presence of Sandro Tonali and the rise of Samuele Ricci, the Torino baby already courted by the big teams. Lorenzo Pellegrini, Davide Frattesi and Nicolò Fagioli complete Spallotti’s toolbox. The Roma captain, subdued at the start of the season, is looking for the right gear to get out of the Giallorossi quagmire, a trap reinforced by the ad personam whistles from the Olimpico. The assist for Cristante in the match won against Venezia brought out some timid applause, in the hope of having left the negative moment behind. For the rest, Frattesi comes from the goal against Udinese, while Fagioli was convincing again against Genoa, proving to have exorcised the ghosts of the last year. It therefore begs the question of how Pisilli would play in Spalletti’s Italy. To start in the 3-5-1-1 used in the last two Nations League matches, the Giallorossi baby midfielder must then replace one of Ricci, Tonali and Frattesi. However, it is difficult to imagine him under the striker, despite his versatility. However, given the chemistry shown especially against France, Spalletti is not expected to revolutionize the midfield. In this scenario, Pisilli could take over during the match, just like Brescianini last time. Whatever the final decision, the path towards the future in the national team seems clear. The unbridled Tardelli-style race after the winning goal against Venezia suggests that he wanted to travel at maximum speed. Without going too far though, because Italy-Belgium will be played at the Olimpico, his home of dreams, which have always come true so far.
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– 2024-10-01 17:44:21
