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Two points remain and escape, at the head of group 1, postponed perhaps in Wednesday’s game against the Netherlands in Bergamo. Italy drew (0-0) in Gdansk where I would have deserved to win if only in the first half and in the second half of the second half I had not wasted against Poland at least four favorable occasions. To make a mistake, Chiesa (perhaps in the most favorable circumstance), Emerson (twice) and Locatelli.
Mom the national team was the same as always, at least since Mancini has been around. She commanded the game, pressed very high (especially in the second half), ran, fought, and never backed down. The feeling is that he has been one step away from the advantage, which could have been the winning goal, and He has not found it, as well as by mistakes, even by a few extra passes, by a failed finish or by the inaction of the shot on goal.
When you don’t win those games, the attackers almost always end up under indictments, but such a reading would be too stark. First because the defenders also had opportunities. Secondly, because the conclusions from outside must be the prerogatives of the midfielders. The bad conditions of the field affected the final result and the performance of some players. We have seen, for example, Jorginho misses even three steps in a row (never happens to him) o Camilla loses ball in the hot area of the court.
Poland, clearly inferior to ItalyAt least according to my assessment, he played in the counterattack, betting everything on Lewandowski in which both Bonucci and Acerbi (preferred to Chiellini, hit by a blow to the knee) mounted good guard. Good at diagonal closures, Emerson Palmieri that avoided a sure goal. However, Italy has never encountered real and, above all, repeated dangers. It only happened in the final (88 ‘), in a scrum resolved by Acerbi in a clash that was opposed by the newcomer Linetty.
The draw – needless to say – is not a scandal. Neither because of what has been seen in the field (although Italy has done more), nor because of what we have had to collect in the qualifying process for the four finalists. Of course, if Chiesa had been less hasty In the 10th minute, with a cross from Belotti, and if he had hit the goal with his right inside, instead of disproportionately high, a completely different game would have opened in front of us, probably with a victorious result. But since football is unpredictable, Poland could have happened, a few minutes later, when Emerson Palmieri anticipated Lewandowski about Bonucci’s mistake.
And yet Italy, who had the most the ball, used to go to the back both to the right and to the left, hitting many centers in the middle without ever finding the correct clearance or the man in position to hit the goal .
What would it take? More determination, more determination, more cynicism (you can also earn points, not just breaking the door), all the qualities that we have deferred to better situations, never really come.
Satisfied with what we saw in the first half and convinced that, sooner or later, the goal would come, Mancini has only reversed the position of Chiesa (from right to left) with that of Pellegrini (vice versa). In their midst Belotti continued to strike with recognized generosity, while in midfield a decent Jorginho was once again seen, flanked by Barella (at the end squeezed like a citrus fruit) and by Verratti. On the low outsides, Emerson pushed harder than Florenzi, more by nature than by technician will.
The Chelsea player, where unfortunately he does not play, had the opportunity (64 ‘) in a Chiesa cross, but the ball went out. Then Poland entered Milik to support Lewandowski and from 4-5-1 (or 4-4-1-1 if you prefer) they went to 4-4-2.
But apart from some shots from the outside (Moder deviated by Donnarumma), the script hasn’t changed. and the match was made by Italy, also good at defusing opponents’ counterattack. Mancini came in first Kean for the Church and in the end Berardi for Pellegrini, Caputo for Belotti and finally Locatelli for Barella. The final round came and produced a deflected shot from Berardi and a cross, following a valuable action down the left by Kean, not picked up by Locatelli.
However, the most auspicious opportunity was placed at 80 ‘, when Emerson Palmieri was caught in the area with a clear advantage over Kedziora. The first control was good, but a light touch from the Polish defender in the blue thwarted the goal just a step away from Fabianski.
So it ended 0-0 and manager Mancini said he was happy anyway. I don’t think so, because you start like this you have to win. But I’m sure it will happen on Tuesday in Bergamo. Against the Netherlands we can finally try to stretch to see the four finalists.
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