The goal of Mattia Zaccagni against the Croatia yesterday evening it doubled its value. By virtue of the results on the other fields, without that network theItaly would have been excluded from Euro 2024, losing all hope of defending the title as reigning champion. The goal by the Lazio striker, however, put everything back in play, giving the Azzurri access to the round of 16. An emotion and a joy that, the father Fabiohe expressed this to Tuttosport:
“Seeing Mattia score such an important goal with the national team shirt at the last second was truly emotional. For our entire family, the night against Croatia was a magical night. Flag of Lazio? Very true. He created a fantastic feeling with the fans and managers. He was very keen on the renewal and in recent weeks his agent Mario Giuffredi satisfied himreaching an agreement with President Lotito. Mattia is very happy at Lazio and wants to continue his adventure in the Capital for a long time, where he started a family with Chiara. After Thiago they will soon make me a grandfather again, they are expecting a little girl: her name will be Dea”.
GOAL TO CROATIA – “We made a video call immediately after the match: we were over the moon and we overwhelmed him with our joy. Yesterday I felt he was really happy. He told me that his idol Del Piero looked for him to congratulate him . Alex told him that his play against Croatia reminded him of his against Germany at the 2006 World Cup. If a champion like that says it, you have to believe it. It was a ritual for us to follow the national team in our hotel. On Monday night it was fantastic to see him as a protagonist for Italy. When he scored we went crazy. What happened? I had decided to follow the match with friends and family in the hotel among the guests. We started screaming like crazy: the joy was unstoppable, someone jumped into the pool. I pinched myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. My brother-in-law even hurt his arm in the heat of celebration…”
