Mattia Zacaggni is ‘trending topic’ in Italy. His name was undoubtedly the most talked about on Tuesday after a great goal from him in the 98th minute of the match meant a tie against Croatia and achieving second place in group B, where Spain finished as leader.
They say the comparison is disgusting, but of course, it depends on which one. After the game, two names will not be heard in the Italian press backstage: the Alessandro del Piero and Fabio Grosso. The ecstasy of the goal in the last play of the match made everyone travel the precedents of transalpine glory in a great competition.
In particular, the best comparisons brought them back in 2006, also in Germany, but this time for the World Cup. The match was played at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund against the local national team, which lost (0-2) in a duel in which Del Piero scored a similar goal to close the semifinal in the 121st minute. “I am very happy with that comparison with Alex. “I spoke to him when they came to see us in Coverciano”expressed Zaccagniexcited after the game and dedicated the goal “to my wife, who is about to give birth, and to my whole family.”
It’s an instant. Calafiori He went inside driving with a lot of personality and opened up on the left so that the winger, first of all, hit him with a screw and put it in the square. “I didn’t think too much when I received the ball. Calafiori gave me a nice pass and when it came I didn’t think twice about shooting the first touch.”revealed Zaccagni, hero. A feeling he also shared Fabio Grosso, another to which it is compared. In the same game as Del Piero against Germany, but a minute before (119′), the Italian hero of the World Cup was the left back, who overtook his team and sent them to the final.
There was still a long way to go, but in 2006 Italy won the World Cup in the final against France on penalties. So far, the success of Spalletti’s team is to pass as second, although now the challenge will be more complicated.
Source: La Verdad
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