The Editorial Staff Monday 20 November 2023, 2.37pm
The decisive challenge for qualifying for the next ones is less and less missing Europeans. L’Italia Of Luciano Spalletti if he will face off againstUkraine: a match not to be missed. In these hours the issue of penalty kicks is taking center stage. Jorginho comes from a series of important mistakes with the blue shirt: the one in the penalty lottery in the European Championship final againstEnglandthe two errors with the Swiss at the World Cup qualifiers, the one in the last match against the North Macedonia. As confirmed by Spalletti, he will no longer be the one to kick from 11 meters.
Italy, who will be the penalty taker?
Who will replace the Arsenal midfielder as the national team’s penalty taker? A topic that is coming to the fore especially in these hours, given the absence of specialists from the spot. Jorginho, as mentioned, will not kick them; Berardi will go to the stands and therefore will not be in the match against Ukraine, while Immobile he was not called up by Spalletti. So what are the possibilities available to the coach? The only one in today’s Italy to have kicked a penalty in the current season is Politano: the striker of Napoli he scored from 11 meters against the Lecce in the match won last September 30th. On the eve of the match against Ukraine Stretcher he said he was ready to take penalties, but since he joinedInter (2019/20 season) never threw one. His most recent attempt dates back to the days of Cagliari, precisely to 2019: missed penalty, among other things, against Inter. But these are not the only possibilities Spalletti is considering…
Italy, Spalletti pampers Cambiaso and his teammates but
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2023-11-20 13:37:39
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