During the usual appointment with the Cronache di Spogliatoio podcast ‘Euro Cronache’, in analyzing the draw between Swiss And Germanythe DAZN journalist Stefano Borghi took advantage of the moment to comment on the fact that the striker of Milan Noah Okafor has not yet managed to find space in this Euro2024. The colleague did nothing but express all his displeasure for a player who definitely deserves more for his qualities with a sentence that leaves little room for the imagination: “Even today zero minutes for Okafor, this thing is incredible.”
But why Okafor he is unable to carve out space in the 3-4-2-1 of Yakin? Essentially, as also analyzed by the editorial staff of MilanNews.it, the Swiss coach struggles to design a role for him. Attacking wingers are not contemplated and he would be, a second striker is not contemplated, a role that Yakin would see for Okafor. It could be a solution to split the game during the match, but Switzerland has never found itself in the position of having to change direction in these European Championships. And for the record, all the players who were preferred to him did well, from Ndoye to Vargas, from Duah to Embolo. Finally, a detail that should not be underestimated is the attitude shown so far. From what filters out from the Swiss retreat, Okafor would not have shown such an attitude in training as to make the coach change his mind, who already by default does not dote on him. Why did he summon him, then? Basically to have more solutions in attack. And because Embolo’s condition and the unknown Duah suggested playing the AC Milan player card.
