Barella’s super performance in Italy-Albania did not go unnoticed and everyone abroad celebrated the Nerazzurri midfielder. The Spanish newspaper Marca recommends him to Real Madrid for the post-Modric period.
“Italy reacted like a champion and their symbol was Barella. He arrived with an injury and played a scandalous match, in a positive sense. Not only for his goalscorer, a shot at 95km/h from the edge of the goal ‘area, arrived with the winger. It would not be a bad replacement for Luka Modric in Real Madrid, if he were to leave, I say it here and I don’t deny it – we read in the columns of the Spanish newspaper – everywhere: defense, attack, in the middle of the pitch and on the wings, in construction and finishing. He never stopped running and, in a market lacking in midfielders, he is worth his weight in gold: he runs, distributes and scores he scored more goals for the national team (10) than Totti (9). We are faced with a very high profile midfielder, of a different kind. One of the best in Europe.”
L’Equipe instead gives a full 8 to the Inter midfielder, and in this case too there is no shortage of praise and compliments: “He has taken on a unique dimension – we read -. A great volume of play, intelligent passes, technical precision and a character of a leader, who wanted to immediately take things into his own hands after the Albanian goal. His goal (16′), a beautiful half-volley that turns the result around, is the icing on the cake.”
