📣🎙🗣:Luca Toni's take on Esposito's recent form for italy:
"Mamma mia. Finally. Finally Italy has a striker again!
Listen, I have been saying this for years. Italy, we lost our strikers. We had everyone playing false 9, playing with no 9, playing with wingers in the middle. No! In Italy, the 9 has to live in the box. He has to smell the goal. And Pio Esposito, he smells the goal.
Did you see the first goal against France? That is not a beautiful goal. That is a _striker's_ goal.
Cambiaghi puts a low ball across, and Pio, he is already moving before everyone else. One touch, in front of Upamecano. Boom. Goal. He doesn't think. He doesn't control, look up, pass back. He _feels_ it. That is what I used to do. That is what Vieri used to do. That is what a 9 does. You live for that half-second.
And then, the second goal. The penalty. Ah, this is where I fell in love with this kid.
You know the story, no? He missed a penalty in the shootout against Bosnia. Italy doesn't go to the World Cup. Third time in a row. The whole country is angry. The whole country is sad. And that penalty is on his shoulders. A 21-year-old boy carries that.
Then yesterday, his brother Sebastiano misses a penalty. 1-1, San Siro, 70,000 people, against France, against Zidane. The pressure is enormous. And Mancini says, Pio, you take the second one.
Most young players would hide. They would say, 'No mister, let someone else take it.' Not Pio. He takes the ball, he puts it down, he looks at Maignan, and he puts it in the bottom corner. Cold. Like ice.
That, for me, is more important than the two goals. That is character. That is balls. Sorry, but it's true. You cannot teach that.
Now he has 9 goals in 14 games for Italy. Nine! Do you know who was the last one to do that? Vieri. Christian Vieri. Since 1998. That is not a coincidence. That is a sign.
People say, 'Ah Toni, but he was in Serie B last year at Spezia.' Exactly! Good! That is why he is so good! He didn't grow up in a PlayStation. He grew up fighting in Serie B, getting kicked, scoring with his head, with his knee, with his shin. He learned to suffer. Now when he plays for Inter, when he plays for Italy, nothing scares him.
Is he perfect? No. He still has to improve his hold-up play, he still has to improve when the ball is not in the box. I was the same at his age, trust me. I was not a phenomenon at 21. I became Toni at 28, 29.
But if he stays humble, if he stays hungry, if he keeps living in the box like that...
Italy has found its number 9 for the next 10 years. And I, as an old 9, I am happy. Very happy.
Bravo, Pio. Bravo."
" بكيت لأنني شعرت بأخي وأردت أن أمحو الخطأ الذي ارتكبه 🥹 🇮🇹 "
⁉️ سجلت أول ثنائية لك بقميص المنتخب، وكان الهدف الثاني من ركلة جزاء. لماذا ذرفت الدموع بعد تسجيل الهدف؟
🗣️🇮🇹 فرانشيسكو بيو إسبوزيتو :
"ركلة الجزاء تلك كانت هناك مسؤولية إضافية إلى جانب حسم المباراة، وهي أن أمحو الخطأ الذي ارتكبه أخي.
والذي بصراحة كنت أشعر به، فعندما رأيت أنه أهدر ركلة الجزاء كان الأمر صعباً ليس عليه وحده بل عليّ أنا أيضاً! وأنا سعيد بحسم الأمور أيضاً لأجله ".
⁉️ولكن، ألم يكن يجب عليك أنت أيضاً تسديد الأولى؟
🗣️🇮🇹 فرانشيسكو بيو إسبوزيتو :
" في الحقيقة، كانت أسمائنا أنا وهو مدرجة في القائمة. لكن سيبا هو اللاعب الأكثر تسجيلًا من ركلات الجزاء في المنتخب بأكمله، ولذلك فهو يجيد تنفيذها.
ثم إن أي شخص يمكنه إهدار ركلة جزاء، هكذا جرت الأمور ثم سددت أنا الثانية ".
⁉️أليست تلك الدموع شيء أعادك أيضاً إلى زينيت؟ هل كسرت تلك العقدة، وأزحت عن كاهلك ذكرى المرة الأخيرة من نقطة الجزاء؟
🗣️🇮🇹 فرانشيسكو بيو إسبوزيتو :
" بالتأكيد. عندما تتقدم لتنفيذ ركلة جزاء، وعندما تقدمت أنا إلى نقطة الجزاء، فمن الطبيعي أن تكون تلك الذكرى حاضرة في ذهني.
لكن لم يكن بإمكاني أن أختبئ طوال حياتي وراء خطأ ارتكبته. ركلات الجزاء تُنفذ، وقد تُهدر، كما سبق أن قلت والأهم هو أن تتحلى بالشجاعة وتعود لتنفيذها مجددًا. "
Pio Esposito at 21 years old is wise beyond his years
“The penalty had more meaning, I had to make everyone forget about my brother’s mistake. When he missed it was tough for me too and I had to score for him.
When I stepped up to the spot, I thought about Bosnia but I can’t hide for the rest of my life. You need to have courage and take them.
We’re a young group full of enthusiasm, with the right mix of experienced players”
🔵⚪️ | Golpe fortísimo de Owono sobre Jesús de Miguel que hace que salten todas las alarmas. 🇪🇸👀
🙏🏼 Pronta recuperación a Jesús y que todo quede en un susto
🏟️ Tenerife - Andorra
للتذكير قبل الديربي
أكثر من حقق القاب : ميلان
أكثر من حقق ابطال : ميلان
أكثر من حقق القاب خارجية : ميلان
أكثر من شرف ايطاليا خارجيا : ميلان
افضل هداف في الديربي : شيفشينكو
اكثر من فاز في الديربي : باولو مالديني
اكثر من خسر في الديربي : زانيتي
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