Gianluca Scamacca he is the man of the moment at Atalanta after the brace at Anfield and the half overhead kick against Fiorentina in the Italian Cup. The former West Ham striker also played for the youth team in the past Lazio, in which he began to take his first steps as a footballer. One of his coaches in the capital was Roberto De Cosmi who told TMW Radio about his beginnings in the blue and white shirt. These are his statements on the matter.
“Scamacca was very young. I met him even before because I remember him at a tournament in northern Rome. Physically he was already out of reach, being six feet tall at 12 years old. At the end of the season where we needed a different striker I made him debut. I remember that he scored 2 goals against Viterbese in 10 minutes. He has grown a lot in his choices. He has also improved in character. He was an exuberant boy with a lot of personality, not only in terms of his physicality but also his importance on the pitch. Now he still has this desire and has grown in character. I hope that at national level he can make a difference for us. I remember a playoff that we lost against Roma in which everyone on the pitch was 1998 except him who was 1999 and hit the post at 0-0. And then I remember him paired with Pinamonti with Nicolato with the Under 20s. There I started to see him in a different way. For me that experience helped him a lot.”
