why rebuilding is so difficult

Leafing through the daisy of a reconstruction that will not be easy at all, only one petal remains, because others, alas, there is none. If the major problem of Italy – evident, for some time – is a replacement in attack, the only name on which to restart immediately is that of Gianluca Scamaccaabsent against the North Macedonia, at the worst, for a small injury. Scamacca and no one else, not because we want to stick to one name rather than another, but because, in fact, he is the only striker in perspective and with a few goals in the legs of our championship. The point is always the same, and it is also boring: Italians in attack? Nobody. Because the great teams focus on foreigners and it is not complicated to scroll through the formations of the top seven of our Serie A and realize that, apart from Immobilethere is not a single blue holder up front.

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Let’s start by saying that Immobile, who in our part of Italy has scored an avalanche of goals for five years, was not a phenomenon before and is not a jerk today. However, it is not suitable for the game of Roberto Mancini and his footballing history pushes and thinks that out of his comfort zone to Lazio – and to the good period al Torino – has never been so exciting. He has limits of him, like many others, but also a way of playing in spaces and vertically that obviously clashes with Italy’s tight dribble.

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The problem, however, is that the alternative, as mentioned, there are almost none. It would be easy to repeat that we are unable to build players at home and that abroad, more than in Italy, they have shown much more courage in launching young players who immediately became champions. Just think of Pedri, to name just one, to understand how far we are light years away from this trend de vie. In reality this is not exactly the case, although it is to a large extent. Last night, in the inexplicable match against Macedonia, at least in the final they entered the field Scrapers and Toners, two grown up in our area on which to imagine a future. And the pair of center backs, Mancini-Stickshas a long future ahead.

In short, the problem is almost only there ahead. Said of Immobilescrolling through the Serie A scorers’ ranking cross each other Berardi in fifth place (14 goals) and, in fact, Scamacca with 13 in the seventh. Then there are the 10 goals of Caprari and the 9’s Right, not exactly two new entries in our football. The choice, or the solution to put it differently, is obligatory.

Is the rest all to be redone? Absolutely not. Donnarummanet of a not exciting moment, he remains one of the best goalkeepers in circulation, Verratti is probably the closest thing to a champion Italy has produced in recent years, church – absent yesterday – he certainly has a good future ahead of him. Something needs to be adjusted, partly also in the game or in the alternatives to our game, but the backbone is not so bad. Maybe not in the first four places in the world, but not even at the bottom of today’s abyss.

The point is rather to understand who will make these choices. Mancini? It will be important to understand how the coach may have woken up this morning. It would certainly not be a good idea to undo a project that has always led to a European and start over again. But this is a decision that belongs to the coach. Only to the ct.

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