I don’t know Italian football. He has never been on the Italian youth flag. Can’t even speak Italian But seems to be the attacker’s answer Italy Looking for, turns out to be an Argentine like “Mateo Retegui” But this guy … who is he???
From a time where there was a peak shooting star like Roberto Baggio, Gianfranco Zola, Enrico Chiesa, Alessandro Del Piero, Filippo Inzaghi, Christian Vieri, Francesco. Etc., choose to use it as a hand It became something that had to be accepted that those good days are becoming fading memories. completely gone
When in the middle of the ups and downs, the problem is eating the national team. Italy For many years – but sometimes it is difficult to see is the lack of the highest dependence “Regular Shooting Star” Someone who can produce a significant score for the team
on the way to the championship Euro 2020 (played in 2021) Italy from Roberto Mancini Shooting up to 13 goals from 7 games, or an average of almost 2 per game, ask who is their top scorer.
The answer is “none” When up to 5 players scored 2 goals the same – Federico Chiesa, Ciro Immobile, Lorenzo Insigne, Manuel Locatelli and Matteo Pessina.
Part of the failure of the qualifying round. World Cup 2022 It is no different. Ciro Immobile, Moise Kean, Giovanni Di Lorenzo Are there three people who have scored 2 goals as well, and when it comes to the most important game like the play-off games against North Macedonia No one was to be relied on at all, losing a zero game (0-1) until falling out of the world is amazing.
or with the latest items like UEFA Nations League 2022/23 which collided in the middle of last year (at the end of September before the World Cup in Qatar), where Mancini opens the way for many footballers of new bloodline to display It still has the same design, that is, there is no no one steps over the wall. “Two Doors” You can go — Giacomo Raspadori with Lorenzo Pellegrini Two people who can shoot two balls.
Seriously, if you look at the list of available strikers. (Together along the line) of Roberto Mancini, and there are quite a few.
Vincenzo Grifo (29, Freiburg)
Gianluca Scamacca (24, West Ham)
Wilfried Gonto (19, Leeds)
Domenico Berardi (25, Sassuolo)
Matteo Politano (29, Naples)
Simone Pafundi (17, Udine)
Federico Chiesa (25, Juventus)
Giacomo Raspadori (23, Napoli)
Andrea Belotti (29, Roma)
Moise Keen (23, Juventus)
Shirou Immobile (33, Lazio)
Mario Balotelli (32, Sion)
But despite the size, quality is another issue when the 12-13 names above are cut out Balotelli with Immobile which is dated, plus Chiesa a Moise Keen An injury that prevents him from being in the final team, or Bellotti However, he did not have a strong foothold at Roma (4 goals in 32 games), leaving Italy 2023 in the end with only a reliable striker. “Hand pick” just really
“Come forward, as the body in the country is not good. Let’s try it outside sometime.” Mancho thinks this way.
So it became the arrival of the Azzurri with new hopes… Mateo Retegui
It is very difficult that people do not follow the ball in a very deep way. knows this 23 year old attacker
because of the connection Mateo Retegui (Mateo Retegui) with European football not much more than “Hold an Italian passport” Only, never been a trainee of any European team Never touched any European league games. even the Italian national youth team I haven’t tried it yet.
And sorry, Retegui can’t even speak Italian.
In the center forward, the owner of a suitable height of 186 cm was born in the city of San Fernando, Argentina. In a real Argentinian family (father is Carlos Retegui, former Argentine national hockey player). Olympic Series 1996, 2000, 2004) with a thin Italian bloodline. from his grandfather who immigrated from Italy to Argentina
As a child, Retegui began his football career by entering the Academy. River Plate is the first attachment Before crossing the creek to live with Boca Juniors At the age of 17, breaking into Boca’s first team has not been easy. sent out to experience elsewhere until now (still owned by Boca Juniors)
2019-2020 on loan at Students
2020-2021 on loan at Talleres
2022-present, on loan at Tiger
The performance that gave Retegui the opportunity to try things with the Italian national team It is during the play with Tiger (Atletico Tigre Club) last season in 2022 where he scored 23 goals in 42 games before this season 2023 with six goals in nine games.
The Athletic revealed that Mancho has given birth to a son. Andrea travel to Argentina Keep a close eye on Retegui’s form and approach the player’s family to make connections. Juan Sebastian Veron At this time, sitting in the vice president’s chair of the club. Estudianes to ask for another opinion on Retegi
“He’s a classic centre-forward,” revealed Mancini. He reminds me of Gabriel Batistuta, he reminds me of the old days.
And when lucky enough Argentina was not called into the house of a senior national team Although it is used to flag U-20 come sometime
Mateo Retegui started with Italy like no one else had noticed before.
Credit to Mancini too for taking a risk when Mateo Retegui started straight away in the opening match of Diego Maradona’s qualifier against England in the first leg of their Euro 2024 qualifiers.
Retegui lands in front of goal, with Lorenzo Pellegrini and Domenico Berardi at either end.
Although the match ended in a 1-2 loss, what was discovered was that the goalkeeper “glitter” dependent on the nation in the long term
After the first half went by with a 0-2 lead (Declan Rice 13′, Harry Kane’s penalty 44′), Italy broke the deadlock early in the second half, Pellegrini tapped in 56′. Nice for Retegui to go through one pass and hit Jordan Pickford, having sworn the net as the first goal of the first game of the centre-forward, who is an import from Argentina.
Three days later, Italy faced the light task of kicking. malta Where Retegui still has the opportunity to support the target spear. But the assistants on both sides changed to Wilfried Gonto and Matteo Politano.
Retegui opened the score 1-0 in the first 15 minutes only, with a striking shot to hit Sandro Tonali’s corner kick, free of debris before Matteo Pessina added more 2-0 before half an hour And in the end, the game came ended on this score (where Gianluca Skamacca came on as a substitute for Retegui in the last twenty minutes and had 2-3 chances to finish, not on target).
And that was two games, two goals for Retegui, who had never played for Italy even in any youth national team before.
Although it is not a flourishing performance with a bang You can call many spotlights. But it is clear that the 23-year-old striker from Argentina is being linked with Inter Milan, showing signs that he is good enough to be Italy’s hope.
“He is the unlocker of this game (beating Malta), he was so important today,” Mancini said of Retegui after the last game. “But it must be emphasized that he needs time. He needs to learn more about European football.”
“Retegui knows how to put the ball in the goal. that’s all Here’s what we saw of him as we watched him play for the agency. he still needs time Want to know more about European Football? But he knows how to score goals. And that is a very important characteristic.”
In Italy, there is a term for natural players. “Oriundi” (Oriundi), in which the National Team is the latest, most successful and well-known Mauro Camoranesi World Champion (2006) who also comes from Argentina
With the arrival of Retegui, Mancini also revealed that he would continue to look. “Oriundi” infiltrated in different countries As well as more Serie A Serie A
But before reaching that point we must first turn back to Retegi
That 2 games, 2 goals is a tangible result. and they should be encouraged to settle down with a beautiful Azzurri in the long term
Because of the big tournaments that they don’t have Italy to join them or Italy that doesn’t have a “best shooting star” as an exhibition It’s been too long and too much, to be honest.
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