Alessandro Buongiorno, the art of defense

Italy is quarries of large centers. In fact, this is certainly the country where the best defenders in history appeared. Since the appearance of the Catenaccio In the late 60s, which was one of the biggest paradigm shifts in European football, Milan and Inter went from strength to strength. Thanks, in large part, to the appearance of Cesare Maldini and Armando Picchi. Soon they appeared Costacurta, Baresi, Maldini, Nesta and Cannavarowho collected the prize in five decades of defending at the 2006 World Cup and his subsequent Ballon d’Or.

behind them, Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci established idolatry for a generation that saw how Azura I’m big again. Certainly, the four-time world champion is not going through his best moment, but this new generation He’s once again excited about a more offensive game model, but one that has plenty of talent in the middle of its defense. One of them is Ricardo Calafiori, but the real promise is Alessandro Buongiorno.

Come if you can

Central defender of Napoli He is the footballer the center back should focus on during the training phase. He grew up in the streets of Turin, where he learned every detail that he now refines among the elite. In 2005, a young Buongiorno played in the Barracuda Calcium when Silvano Benedetti, then head of the football school of Garnetasked him to do a test on bull. The child just wants to play with his friendsbut the insistence of the head of the school allows him to accept his arrival in El Toro.

The rest is history. Seventeen years associated with bullhis time in all categories until he reached the youth, his reserve team debut at 17 and the day he wore the bracelet of the group that saw him born, raised and where has always been a fan. To take the next step, Buongiorno had to leave. He did it this summer, heading to Naples, in exchange for 35 million euros.

A central defender who is quick on the cut and clever in anticipation

The truth is that the Italian team can rest assured. Napoli not so much. There is a center for yearsbut he definitely had a higher ceiling than he has now. Buongiorno has the physical conditions to adapt to any leaguebut more than that he has qualities that make him, despite being 25 years old, one of the footballers set to explode this season.

The Napoli center back is a footballer tough, quick to break, sticky on brand and very strong in individual conflict. On top of that, he is already a footballer it was not difficult for him to be removed from the position for stealing and managing to block when the opposing team is in an inside attack situation, minimizing the risk of the opposing team scoring and increasing the likelihood of greater efficiency in you.

Furthermore, he is a footballer strong in the aerial game and he has a surprising ability to create chances in front of goal, as a dagger in set pieces. His physical strength makes him dominate high volume forwardwhich is not harmful to the body.

However, yesHis constant getting out of position makes him spaces that become bigger in a back four. In other words, he suffered a bit in the race against very fast players. However, he is a very difficult footballer to beat, especially from a standing position, but also in the race by dribbling. In fact, He is one of the least dribbled centre-backs in Serie A.

Of all these qualities, the normal thing is that Buongiorno, after the period taking shape in Naples, didn’t last long in Antonio Conte’s team, who bet heavily on him. The center back is equal, as one of the most positive notes of the year for a team that seriously aspires to win the title of Italian league champion.