Incredible, Nicolò Fagioli played his second official match for the national team after his suspension, was it his fault? No. He played badly, not very well, but in the general mediocrity of Italy he did much better than all his teammates. He gave order, he ran, he distributed the ball, in short he didn’t do extraordinary things, it’s true that on the first goal he could have chased the man but what did his teammates do? They were sleeping…
Let’s remember that Fagioli was supposed to be one of the complementary elements of the midfield, not the star and the famous stars that everyone praised, from Barella to Frattesi, the first disappeared against Switzerland, cautioned in the first half and not used to this treatment with the black and blue shirt disappeared and was replaced. Frattesi had done worse against Croatia with a ridiculous handball, also not used to seeing interventions against him reported. And what do we want to say about the phenomenon Bastoni? Nothing, but let’s not make comparisons with Chiellini and Bonucci, or Barzagli, for goodness sake someone would start laughing.
We can say everything but this international block was really pathetic, let’s hope they continue to play like this next season too.
In Turin, however, they will have to find the best Chiesa if he remains, even yesterday, a preacher in the desert too alone, doubled up and not helped at all, even if always limited by his habit of playing too much with his head down.
Everyone, however, was pathetic in this European Championship, starting with the top brass who never take responsibility, who travel with club representatives who always go unpunished, who haven’t taken us to a World Cup for two editions and who haven’t let us see a decent match at the European Championship.
