The big chance happens only once and, even more so, if you are playing the European Championship. Federico Chiesa, the great opportunity, can live in the last Roman night of our national team because against Wales the coach Mancini is ready to give him one of the two outside attacking positions in the blue trident. The relationship of the young Juventus player with Italy is the story of an immediate love and a somewhat slowed path just when the adventure at Euro 2020 was about to be defined: the fault of Berardi and of a way of playing that sees the Sassuolo striker in perfect harmony within Mancini’s fun project.
More Berardi and less Chiesa: the reflections of our coach who found strength and credibility from the performances of the former both against Turkey and against Switzerland. Thus, Chiesa finds himself in pursuit, but he does so without losing balance and passion. “I bring to this national team the winning mentality of Juventus, the desire to never give up, to always fight to the end to reach the goal. Now Italy has the maturity to play against everyone. If I expected to play the starter immediately after the season at Juventus? One always hopes to play – smiled Chiesa – I will certainly be ready if the coach calls me. I really want to leave my mark on this European Championship ”. Chiesa lost the ballot with Berardi because, as mentioned, the attacking partner knows how to communicate better with the rest of the group and he knows how to do it when Italy decides to take the stage. And, then, Berardi sees the goal, while the black and white struggles in blue: out of 27 games, Chiesa has scored only once, scoring the ninth goal of the national team in the 9-1 in Palermo against Armenia.