Chiara Nastiwife of Mattia Zaccagnigave an interview to La Gazzetta dello Sportrecounting the emotions experienced at the moment of the Lazio winger’s goal against Croatia, which guaranteed a 1-1 draw for Italy: “I didn’t immediately realize that he had scored, I’m almost at the end of my pregnancy and certain emotions are risky (laughs, ed.). Just before the start I thought: what if he scores and I give birth out of joy?”.
Can you tell us about the last minute of Italy-Croatia?
“I saw the match in Naples, at dinner in a restaurant, with my son Thiago, my parents and my sister Angela. When I saw Mattia entering the pitch I understood from his look that something good could happen. I can explain it, you can feel certain things. So I waited for it to happen.”
In the end he actually scored.
“I only remember the roar of the restaurant and the happiness of all of us. It was magic, at the end of the match I video called him. It was a beautiful thing: he still had the tension of the match on him, I was crying… Ours is It was a very intimate message, which looked back on a somewhat dark moment from a few months ago. When he left, we made a promise to each other, telling ourselves that the best thing would be to see each other after a month everything went well.”
How do I see Italy against Switzerland?
“I learned that in these tournaments every game has its own story. And anything can happen. He is experiencing one of the best moments of his career, being called up to the national team is an indescribable achievement and he is fired up.”
