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Italy is one of the good surprises of this start of the Euro. Victorious in her first two matches, she qualified for the round of 16 even before facing Wales this evening on the occasion of Matchday 3 of Group A (to be followed live with commentary on Foot 24hfootnews). If Locatelli confirms his good performances in interviews with Sassuolo and Immobile finally establishes himself as the benchmark striker, this squadra has found with Leonardo Spinazzola its left side for some time.
In two matches, the Roma player got everyone to agree in Italy. Hyper offensive in his lane, he made Celik live an ordeal against Turkey and was even elected man of the match by UEFA. Decisive on the second goal of his team, he could also have scored. Against Switzerland too, his percussion made differences and without a slightly awkward Immobile at the start of the game, the side would have been credited with an assist. Spinazzola can always be reassured by telling himself that he has earned his starter stripes for the rest of the competition.
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He won his match from a distance with Palmieri
At the time of approaching his first major tournament, the ambidextrous was however in balance with Emerson Palmieri. The two men are from the same generation (28 years old for Spinazzola, 26 for his competitor) only the Italo-Brazilian undoubtedly benefited from a greater experience of the high level. Winner of the Champions League, the Chelsea left-hander certainly has very little playing time in the club but has always given satisfaction with the Nazionale. The match between the two men ultimately did not take place.
Spinazzola has always been seen as a talented, versatile, explosive element capable of putting in effort throughout the 90 minutes. Only physical glitches can upset him, he who suffered a rupture of the cruciate ligaments in May 2018 and repeated muscle problems. 4 just this season for 17 missed matches all the same. “He’s so strong and explosive that he can play in a five-a-side or a four-man defense. He has no problem adjusting. The important thing is that it is good ”, warns a Mancini well too aware of the recurring problems of his player.
A big Euro before a big transfer?
Moreover, he is expected to give way to Emerson tonight, just to preserve himself but in Italy, we are already starting to rub our hands for the rest of the Euro. “What he’s doing is impressive. The first two extraordinary matches and he comes out of an exceptional season. When I think this guy a year and a half ago was almost traded, then he stayed and had an amazing season ”, recognizes a specialist in the post and former international Azzurro (16 caps), Federico Balzaretti.
The Euro 2012 finalist is not wrong. Author of a good season at Roma despite sawtooth results, the former Juventus and Atalanta is one of the satisfactions of the Fonseca era. His 2 goals and 8 assists in 39 games in all competitions allowed him to play his card with the Nazionale. And here he is taking on a new scale to such an extent that his name has recently been associated with Real Madrid to replace Marcelo and PSG to battle with Juan Bernat.
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