After defending the Italy Under 21 goal in the matches against Latvia and Turkey, also saving a penalty kick in this second match, Sebastiano Desplanches he will return to sit on the bench in Serie B with his Palermo where he has not yet made his debut this season, playing zero minutes. A real paradox for one of the most talented goalkeepers in our football, and not only that, as he underlines The Republic.
“It’s a shame, however, that the Under 21 national team starter hasn’t yet made his debut with the Palermo shirt. Not even a minute. It’s a paradox of the fate of one of the most interesting talents in Italian football. In goal you don’t easily opt for turnover and the life of the goalkeeper is known to be made up of clear choices and loneliness when you find yourself playing second. But the numbers speak for themselves. – we read in the newspaper – A question of experience, which perhaps in a logic very common to Italian football, is the simplest and least risky choice, but one that does not help young talents”.
Yet the City Group, owner of Palermo, invested a considerable amount to take the 2003 class from Vicenza: two million euros. A figure that in Serie B no one, or almost no one, can afford to invest in a goalkeeper and then leave him on the bench. Even if it is a highly prospective element that could repay the investment in the future. Provided, however, that he is deployed on the pitch.
