At 36, Leonardo Bonucci is now Italy’s negative opponent. Roberto Mancini He changed his defense and deployed 4-3-3 to bet on 3-5-2 which didn’t work as his great captain failed miserably in the first goal for Spain.
Bonucci received a loaned to Gianluigi Donnarumma and, instead of removing the ball from above, he ventured and Yeremy Pino stole his wallet remaining alone before the Italian goal, which he beat with all his might.
An inappropriate mistake for a player in the Bonucci hierarchy but for whom age is unforgiving. In fact this season he has only started ten games due to injuries or by decision of Massimiliano Allegri, coach of Juventus.
Bonucci will not have fond memories of his 121st cap since making his debut in March 2010. Mancini left him in the dugout at halftime so that his defense would not be in evidence again before the speed of the Spanish points.
Executioner in the Euro 2020 semifinal
That Euro 2020 semifinal, played in July 2021 at Wembley due to the pandemic, when Bonucci formed an incomparable tandem with Giorgio Chiellini which, despite being superior, forced Spain to go to penalties and one step away from the grand final (1-1 and 4-2).
Red and gift in the last two semis of the Nations League
Bonucci completed a great performance converting his shot in the shootout. But his luck against Spain changed in another semifinal, that of the previous edition of the Nations League. In October 2021, just like yesterday, then-host Italy lost to La Roja at San Siro 2-1 after Bonucci saw a second yellow on the brink of the break for an elbow on Sergio Busquets in one jump. Mancini trusted him again yesterday but he let him down again.
Source: La Verdad
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