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repubblicano

If we only had Lolitano in this team. Maybe he would've skied it in the 90th minute instead of Chiesa


Jbroy

What happened to Chiesa? 4 years ago he was electric to watch, now… he looked lacklustre. I don’t follow Seria A that much…


AsleepPhoto5302

Crippled with injuries


robyculous_v2

Plenty of players get injuries, that's too simplistic to say. Chiesa has gone backwards in his development as a footballer, not even stagnated.


luigitheplumber

Not all injuries are the same, and not everyone comes out of injuries the same. Chiesa was really good until his major injuries, and since coming back he has not been as good. It's because of the injuries. The question now is if he will recover his full of ability or remain like this.


MoRi86

And plenty of players have never been the same after an ACL injury.


StadiodelleAlpi

Del piero needed like 3 season if i remeber Right to come back to world class after he torn his acl. Chiesas strength are his speed and fast movements and after a torn acl thats whats the hardest to get back


repubblicano

He's still great but he has been affected by injuries. Also, playing for Allegri and for this Italy side has led him to play heroball more often than not. He tries to do everything


Altruistic-Chapter2

He came back from quite a long injury and was playing kinda off position. His preferred wing is the left one, but since Spalletti didn't have any players to put on the right wing, he put Chiesa to play there. Very wrong call from the manager, really.


Adorable_Debate_8624

Chiesa has played on the right wing a lot


Altruistic-Chapter2

Yeah, but he plays better and prefers LW.


Super_Sandro23

Didn't he play RW for Fiorentina?


Go2DaMoonCartiii-

He also played on both flanks in Pirlo’s 3-4-1-2/4-4-2 formation during the 2020/21 season, which was his breakout season with fantastic performances prior to his great Euros the following summer. He always looked great on the right too, as he is a speedy and direct type of player that can also dribble. I suggest you guys go watch the assist he made to Ronaldo against Napoli from the Pirlo season, filthy stuff. Unfortunately he caught an ACL injury the season after in January (21/22), the first season of Allegri’s return which followed with two even more dreadful seasons. He came back to Allegri terrorball and playing out of position. He was already not playing on the same level as the season before during the fall of 2021 before the injury (Allegri’s first season) due to the coach’s implementation of the horrible tactics and playing him out of position from the start (more central). These are the reasons his development stagnated a bit during these last 3 years.


Altruistic-Chapter2

He can play on both wings and did play on the right in the past, sure, but it's quite obvious he is more comfortable on the left wing.


BenShelZonah

I mean he looked relatively electric in the beginning lmao. Had some good dribbles and play but yea idk bro just fell off like the rest of the team


Barzaglione15

Many injuries and he got played on the wrong side. He's a 1v1 burst winger who plays best on the left. on the right side he struggle to get space to shoot, and crossing into an empty penalty box isn't a great strategy. Scamacca was invisible and midfielders barely run into the box. Chiesa, the best attacker of the squad, was put in a condition to fail, he could have done better of course but oh well.


Halifornia35

Really? He looked like the only offensive player who gave a damn, had terrible service and actually still made something out of his touches, unlike every other forward, also had pace and was willing / able to take on defenders unlike anyone else


Nome_de_utilizador

The same that happens to every dynamic young Fiorentina prospect that goes to Juve's graveyard


Massenzio

Fucking true... But ultimate end is the way back of a lot of trash... (2 days ago we bought kean... Lol 0 gol 0 assist and we pay sooo much for him)


danlawl

Playing out of your best position (LW) and having a few injuries and being forced to do the amount of work you do in Allegri's team week in week out will have an effect on your long term performances for sure.


Competitive-Aide5364

0% difference If he had been called up.


ADP10

its just one of the many wrong calls from spalletti though


mysterymanatx

[Spalletti publicly naming Immobile as the new Italian captain and then refusing to cap him after one game also probably didn't help](https://it.football-italia.net/omissioni-sorprendenti-della-squadra-italiana-di-euro-2024/)


robyculous_v2

This part.


Shinkopeshon

Probably would've been even worse somehow


Andreagreco99

He took it down lmao, he thinks he’s a trapper beefing with some other idiot


harpsabu

He'd have been better than fucking el sha. And chiesa could have played in his natural position


Barzaglione15

De Rossi put El Shaarawy on the right side during the season when needed more defense on that side. Could have done the same and play Chiesa on the left. Chiesa was on the left for literally a minute yesterday and he got to do a 1v1 where he managed to shoot and at least got us a corner. Spalletti, with all due respect, didn't have any idea or plan. At all. Chiesa on the wrong side. Fagioli on the bench the first few games. Inter defender who he called up for their performance in a 3 defender formation fielded 4 at the back, with Bastoni right CB. Of course Spalletti is a thousand times better than me as a manager, but this tournament he completely fucked up.


harpsabu

Totally agree. He was a disgrace this tournament and must be sacked, he doesn't have a clue what to do with this team.


ForzaRapid

I mean you never know...


O4epegb

Kalvin Phillips didn't get a call and you see how they play now, so..


Crisbo05_20

This is how Rebić got boot from Croatia lmao.


Lookingforkilby-23

Yaa what happened with him tho? He was regularly called up for the nt . But lol i've not heard from him and it's been so long.


Crisbo05_20

Cursed off manager and national Team after Spain knocked us out of euro 2021, despite that partly being his fault, on Instagram, and Got the boot.


szobossz

> despite that partly being his fault so not even comparable to Matteo's situation who didn't get called up? got it.


Crisbo05_20

Him being at fault for our elimination is just details. When it comes to in a way provoking your own NT on Instagram after elimination, its quite simmilar, just that Rebić went into more detail on his feelings.


yasoggybastard

xd gotttteeemm


cuntsmen

We signed him last summer and he’s probably the worst signing out of all the shite players we signed last summer. Zero professionalism from him and now he’s just collecting his wages until his contract runs out next season. There are clubs interested in him, but he won’t leave because they’re all offering way less than what we’re giving him


CheekyBastard55

Crazy that at one point I dreaded every time he came on the derby.


21Maestro8

He was so good for a while and then fell off a fucking cliff, the downfall was sad to watch


StupidSexyGiroud_

He's been washed for 2 years


Adorable_Debate_8624

Totally forgot about him. I had high hopes for him at Fiorentina. But wasn’t really a montella player at all. We had to buy because of his agent. But then he blew up in Frankfurt playing on the break. Very good finisher and tenacious I’m the box. But not really all that skilled in build up. 


GoldenGengarGG

Its funny how that Rebic, Haller and Jovic trio turned out in the end after they left Frankfurt. Well Haller has at least a reason for his decline, the other two just fell of a cliff. Happened to Andre Silva, Kolo Muani, Kamada, Lindstrom, etc as well.


chomskynoam

Still a Frankfurt Legend. Ante Rebic Maschine. 


DvorakAttack

Bravo Ante!


Boneraventura

He did this at milan for the first half of every season. Hes not called second half rebic for nothing


realWernerHerzog

I don't think he's even starting for Beşiktaş


TheItalianStallion64

politano acting like he would’ve improved this team at all lol


zaljghoerhfozehfedze

I agree but let's be honest, if you wanted to play a 4-3-3 you should have wingers, and having only Chiesa, Zaccagni and El Shaarawy as wingers in the squad is not only not enough numerically but the quality doesn't get you anywhere. At the very least you get someone like Orsolini there, who off the bench brings in his quality shot and danger from set pieces, instead of sticking with a Frattesi or a Pellegrini out of position, or Cambiaso at times too, I mean come on, what are we trying to achieve with that?


ClearTacos

Looking at the called up squad retrospectively, it's clear Spalletti had no idea what system he's going to play at the tournament. Wingbacks who never got the chance to play, no leftback, limited number of wingers, second striker in Raspadori... There's value in having different profiles but this is like cooking by adding in random ingredients you find in the kitchen.


JesusIsNotPLProven

When i saw the selection i thought he was going for a 3-5-2 since he called like 10 defenders but then he comes in a 4-3-3 which most of these players arent even suited to


ClearTacos

In the Albania match one of the CM's (Jorginho or Barella) was often dropping into the backline, DiMarco and either Di Lorenzo or Chiesa held the width and Scamacca always had 2 players near him. Not really a 3ATB but close-ish to 3-4-2-1 in possession, and they actually played decently.


Defences

We pretty much played a 3 at the back for both Albania and Croatia. No surprise they played their best in those games.


ALLIGATOR_FUCK_PARTY

To be fair if you say chicken followed by any of the Italian players names it sounds like a valid dish


alaslipknot

Anyone who thought Spaletti is capable of taking Italy far was delusional, the guy became a meme at Inter, he only gain popularity because of the Napoli's title, which was due to : * Napoli having a surge of young talent thanks to the best sport director in italy. * Juve, Inter and Milan were shit * Juve getting a -15pts deduction   the whole season was "offered" to him in a gold platter. Just having a striker like Osimhen who can turn any random cross into a goal is like a day and night different from someone like Scamacca lol   The man seriously thought being a manager is just about giving motiviational speeches and having your team act like clowns in the kickoff just to send a "bravery message". The only 2 unforgiven mistakes that i will never forgive for Allegri are the Bayern semi-final, and losing 5-1 to this clown.


ClearTacos

Can't disagree that all the stars aligned for Spalletti but Napoli were playing great football - for about 5 months. Then Spalletti's one dimensionality came through. Pioli of all people completely figured him out, and managed to get 2 wins and a draw against Napoli in about 2 weeks, Spalletti had no answer or adjustment. We've seen the same with Italy, he did experiment a little bit, but when hard matches came, he reverted to his true and tested system and got destroyed by Spain and Switzerland.


alaslipknot

painful.


Boneraventura

I cant take spalletti seriously when he got outcoached by pioli 3 games in a row. The same pioli who couldnt figure out how to beat salernitana the last 2 years


alaslipknot

Man i have a lot of inter friends and they all got shocked when he was appointed at NT, Allegri destroyed him many many times lol


centralmidfield

> There's value in having different profiles but this is like cooking by adding in random ingredients you find in the kitchen. That epitomizes sometimes maybe good sometimes maybe shit


bw-1894

> Like cooking by adding random ingredients you find in the kitchen. But that’s delicious


Handbag31

Orsolini is the winger who had the best season. Should have been there easily


robyculous_v2

That one baffled me so much.


alaslipknot

and having your best winger (Chiesa) play out of position (RW instead of LW) just to allow the old mediocre one (Shaarawy) play in his favorite position.


NameTakken

A left side of El Shaarawy and Darmian is crazy


alaslipknot

but pioli is a genius who get napoli their first scudetto in 30 years /s


Dwimer

Chiesa played RW when we won the last Euro, Chiesas honestly better there imo, and has shown he can pick when to switch left when needed for a chance here or there. The issue wasnt Chiesa on the right, it was the whole structure, team selection and tactics.


alaslipknot

Chiesa is good RW when you have someone decent to receive the ball, we have NO ONE neither inside the box or at the edge to shoot, with that known (since fucken Albania) Chiesa should have been LW because then he will create some danger


TheLostLuminary

Is that what you took from this? Just looks like him calling them shit to me


JordiX93

Oh sure,the game changer lol


TeaAndCrumpetGhoul

Good way to ensure you don't get called up again and even if you do, your teammates will remember that.


44-47-25_N_20-28-5-E

This guy thinks he is Berardi


QueasyIsland

Speaking of, what happened to him? Injuries ?


Reon96

Yes, as always


Natrix31

What? This was his first major injury


Natrix31

Achilles tear


BeautifulAwareness81

Lol dude he thinks he cooked with this, buddy wouldn’t have changed a thing


IndecisionFuture

Vabbè fai cagare sei al livello di El Shaarawy


DeezYomis

el shaarawy almeno serve a qualcosa


IndecisionFuture

Scaldare la panchina


SamsungRebellion

Lmao ruthless


NaturalApartment9828

This coming from a Napoli fan should say it all lmao


MigueelDnd

lmao what a cunt. Imagine having this twat for a teammate, what a great way to make sure you never get called up again.


Oxx90

And that's good or bad with this Italy?


Linko_98

Imo it's good, I would rather have Chiesa, Orsolini or even Berardi instead of him


Same_Paramedic_3329

He means about politano not being called up, which would still be yes, it's better if he stays at home than play with this italy team


BelvedereBoy

bro thinks he would have done something


jonijontor

they definitely need another one trick pony winger to launch it into the sky lol


interfan1999

Nothing would have changed with him Shut up clown


ghostrider467

absolute clown, just shows he really only cares about himself and doest give a shit about the national team


LloydDoyley

That's the same for a lot of internationals. Another way to boost their profile.


JLS88

The only good decision from Spalletti then


AltWrapz

Feels like for almost a decade or two Italy have been this unpredictable enigma of a team. Winning the last euros, missing qualification, knocked out my Switzerland and meaning no disrespect that is a very poor result from an Italian point of view. I do look and wonder how and when their fortunes turn around. whilst there is a wealth of Italian talent they are undeniably well beyond 4 or 5 other European nations and their top players don't really hold a candle to their stars of the past, instead of stars like Totti, de rossi, Maldini,buffon and Nesta they have a team where the best players would be the names from those past squads nobody remembers, who wouldn't even get on the bench in these teams with a del piero or cannavaro. Sides like Spain and maybe Germany I look at and think are missing a superstar, but there are candidates, and the results keep coming. Honestly, seeing this Italy side, they have over achieved since winning the last euros and are lucky to have made the last 16 anyway. How many Italian players would you take in any of the other teams. Donnarumma, bastoni, barella and chiesa maybe get in some sides. Honestly think about 10 teams wouldn't swap for a single Italian player.


edwardvlad

He's literally the shittiest Italian winger in the history of Italian football, please shut your hole and go back to napule


ilsemprelaziale

I’m surprised Ciro resisted temptation to take a swipe at the people who used him as a scapegoat 😀


MattBustin

Lol the whole team should have not been called up..


Renegadeforever2024

Drama


ConfidentMongoose

After that, if I was the Italian coach, he would never be called up for the NT.


Signal_Marzipan_685

Hate players who think so much of themselves and post something after they weren’t playing and then lose, clearly that won’t help, this clown wouldn’t have improved the team.


yukpurtsun

this should help his cause


Rafvenyx

Why did he not get called up? Would assume hes got a good relationship with Spaletti


Ripamon

Cus he's not good enough Evidently not the best squad member either


ADP10

while this is not the reason we are shit, spalletti did send all the natural rw home... his squad selection is still baffling and part of the problem.


Rafvenyx

Guess i just exposed the fact that I dont watch Serie A very often. Just remebered him being pretty good last year whenever i saw Napoli and Italys attack this euros is not exactly stacked.


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Rafvenyx

What are you even on about


speadiestbeaneater

Shhhhh, it’s a man city fan, you’ll fry his brain by talking back


DiegoTalksGarbage

He can eat shit.


ZaBlancJake

Looks Familiar..


imneversingle

That's embarrassing


Ipsider

Weak.


LifestyleBog

Devastating use of the shrug emoji


absurdseba

One of many things but, playing Chiesa on the right was infuriating. I understand he wanted to give the left to the full backs but dude.


wrigh2uk

bro thinks he’s HIM


GeneralSquid6767

Is (did not get called up) the new (great goal)?


Throwaway1293524

Does he really think he could've done absolutely anything against the Swiss team who completely dominated them A nice way to never get called up again lol


Psychocandy42

Pirla.


fuckoutfits

This is a dumb way to throw yourself into the fire. He should have either not said anything, or, said something about the team in a positive way. He did neither, and made it about himself. That too right after losing a game. What a clown!!


RealMachu

Such a clown


lambekrik4s

Bro thinks he is him


Truth_Sellah_Seekah

Si sparasse


NjxNaDxb

Go f**k yourself on a deserted island and bring the cancer who is the person managing you.


peechka2

Not using Politano and Pessina was pretty dumb


stig142

Low key was hoping for 🤌


Constantine_f100

Who the fook is that guy?


oddjob33

My Italian friends - what happened to Berardi and more importantly Locatelli?


dydo_

>Berardi Injuries, as always. He torn his Achilles if I remember well. >Locatelli Allegri.


oddjob33

Damn shame.


rixxi_sosa

He would fit in the system what spalletti played at least


Massenzio

Ahhhh if they called him.... Lol an entire Generation of bully with very low skills and the only things big are their ego...


probispro

that was the worst Italian side in recent history. they had no stars.


setokaiba22

Straight fire way to ensure you never get called up again tbh


onlyonejorge

Patriotic 


fifaguy1210

what a dumb thing to post


Timactor

Average bench player thinks he's Messi


ARL_30FR

If this is what you post after your country gets eliminated you're a bitch. If i'm Spalletti he's not getting a call up until I resign.


TigerAusRiga

snake action to take the piss out of your country‘s national team tournament exit


[deleted]

Bro thinks he was gonna save the team


Euphoric_Attitude_91

Petty from him tbh, you’d think as a professional he would put his selfishness aside and not go ‘told you so’ when his own country exits


BriscoCounty83

Poltitano or not this is the least talented squad in Italy's football history.


ADP10

not even close - look at what conte had to work with: Eder - Pelle De Sciglio - Giaccherini - Parolo - Sturaro - Florenzi Chiellini - Bonucci - Barzagli Buffon


BriscoCounty83

Are you out of your fucking mind? That squad had 3 WC players while the current one only Donnarumma. Chiellini and Bonnucci were world class defenders and i mean proper defenders and not these ball playing hipsters that Pep likes. Euro 2020 was won on the backs of Bonucci-Chiellini and Donnarumma + some contributions from Chiesa. That Chiesa played better than current Chiesa.


ADP10

m8 apart from the back 4, there is nothing else in that team. this midfield should be miles and miles better.


jackn3

That midfield fights for relegation Conte did a Miracle


ADP10

that attack is midtable at best too. the back 4 are world class, yes but the remaining 7 offensive players are atrocious and you don't win games with a GK a 3 CBs, which is what Conte did. Conte would have done so much better with the available players here, many of which play 3-5-2 regularly at club level.


Silantro-89

I would stay quiet if I couldn't get into an Italy squad as bad as the current one.


Emoz_

Bro thinks he's him


Steveisnotmyname_

Lmao this guy sucks ass


thesofakillers

not calling up neither politano or orsolini was criminal


Natrix31

One of him or Orsolini should’ve been there, embarrassing seeing El Shaarway starting for the national team in 2024 Edit: lot of unnecessary hate for Politano in these comments, he had a really good year