It is a “clear path”. Federico Gattidefender of Juventus summoned by the national coach Luciano Spalletti in view of Euro2024 after the withdrawal of Francesco Acerbi (operation for groin pain) and Giorgio Scalvini (cruciate rupture) in the last few days.
The final squad will be released by the technical commissioner next time June 9th (the tournament hosted by Germany will instead begin on the 14th – read the VareseNews guide on the European Championships here), but, unfortunately, the double injury of the teammates seems to ensure the call-up of the fresh winner of the Italian Cupthe first trophy for the former number 6 of the Pro Patriawhose exploits we were able to recount in detail during the 2020-21 sporting season starting from the beautiful winning goal scored in Leccothe first professional goal for the Pinerolo native defender.
The year with the white-blue jersey at Speroni Busto Arsizio in fact he scored baptism of Gatti in “pro” football (in Serie C). The sporting director of the tiger cubs Sandro Turotti, who in the winter of 2019 tried to snatch him early from Verbania (in the picture) and chose him six months later as the first purchase in the following summer, he made sure that the Bustocca club was able to collect a good amount from the sale of the card to Frosinone in summer 2021, just twelve months after arriving in Manchester from Varesotto.
In the Ciociaria region, Gatti confirmed his physical and technical caliber in just six months (Juventus burned Torino and descended on him in January 2022, securing his sporting performances for almost 10 million euros), but above all tenacity which allowed him to achieve 6 goals (4 in the league and 2 in the Europa League) e 63 appearances (including 2 in the Champions League) with the black and white shirt.
Now, in one of the many “twists” that have characterized the career of the class of 1998, Spalletti and his teammates are waiting for him to defend the title of European champions in Germany, a country that in the memory of many Azzurri fans still evokes splendid memories of Magical night.
