Jorginho’s mistake from the spot in Italy-Switzerland
Northern Ireland-Italy is the decisive challenge to go to the Qatar 2022 World Cup, but the Azzurri have the nightmare of penalty kicks: who to entrust the responsibility for a penalty that can be worth a mountain of millions?
After having triumphed at Euro 2021, the national team of Roberto Mancini seriously risks not qualifying for next year's World Cup and failing twice in a row, after the flop of Gianpiero Ventura in the run-up to Russia 2018, it would be a sporting shame, but also a terrible economic damage. The picture would have been radically different if Jorginho had not missed the penalty kick awarded one minute from the end of Italy-Switzerland, which instead ended 1-1 due to an error that was very reminiscent of the historic one of Roberto Baggio in the final of USA '94 against Brazil.
Jorginho still penalty shooter? Doubts and alternatives
Jorginho, after scoring the decisive penalty in the semifinal of the European Championships against Spain, had also missed his penalty in the final against England, as well as in the first leg against the Swiss. Three consecutive errors with the blue shirt are a very heavy budget for a player who instead regularly scores from the penalty spot with Chelsea (he also decided the European Super Cup) and who in his entire career had failed only others three times, on 35 penalties taken. Would Jorginho still shoot if he were to take a penalty in Belfast's decisive match against Northern Ireland? Mancini admitted that the director is not very convinced, but not even the possible alternatives (Bonucci, Insigne And Berardi) seem to be pawing to take on this burden. And in these last 90 minutes even a single goal can make the difference between the joy of qualification and the disaster of elimination, given the particular situation of the table.
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