The Nerazzurri midfielder is increasingly leading the national team. Childhood dreams written on a piece of paper
It was in doubt until the day before, but in the end Nicolò Stretcher he recovered and came onto the pitch in the 1st minute of Italy’s European debut against Albania. Not only that, the Nerazzurri midfielder offered a sensational performance topped off with a goal (the tenth in the blue shirt) which gave Italy three fundamental points to get through the group. “The boy today is a wonderful father and a midfielder who pushes his coach, Luciano Spalletti, to tell a necessary lie, when he whispers that the national team does not depend on just one player. It depends on Barella, nothing else. It depends on that poetic right-footed shot, a stunning winger and an uncatchable ball. And victory. And smiles“, underlines the Gazzetta dello Sport.
“Barella is at the peak of a career that as a piccioccheddu, as a boy, he wrote down on a piece of paper. Everything, everything dreamed and imagined before. The Cagliari shirt, the Inter shirt, the scudetto, the national team, a victory in the blue shirt: objectives achieved, that leaflet brought good results. “Never settle”, however, is his motto.”
