He earned a place in the European Championship squad without having played a minute in the national team, after his first season in Serie A, at 26 years old. Corriere della Sera writes today tracing the profile of Michael FolorunshoVerona’s revelation on loan from Napoli, who took longer than expected to reach the top “but now that he’s got the rhythm he’s not easy to stop”.
And Spalletti – who always mentions the ‘scocca’ – called him for this: “because 190 cm for 92 kg thrown at speed are useful: «Folorunsho gives you different solutions in terms of physicality, then he has the shot from outside and is good at headers. He is a raider, used to having the opponent on his back and that’s where he holds up.” The physique is not the only difference in Folo, who started from Torrenova, grew up in the Roman pitches on the outskirts and arrived at Lazio at 13, until Simone Inzaghi’s Primavera, with his (now lost) fame. of a boy who is not always easy to manage. The volley against Juve on 17 February was the watershed moment of Folorunsho and Verona’s season and it came from the left, not his strong foot.”
