Wilfried Gnonto, 18, makes his debut in the national team and lights up Italy-Germany. The baby forward, born in Verbania on 5 November 2003, plays in Switzerland with Zurich. In Bologna he was thrown into the fray by coach Roberto Mancini and immediately left his mark. Acceleration on the right wing and cross in the center for Lorenzo Pellegrini’s goal: blue debut and immediately assist for the teenager of Ivorian origin, not bad. “I knew Kehrer was already booked, when I received the ball I didn’t think of anything else. I was determined to discard him and that ball over there is the hardest thing for a goalkeeper and a defender. If you are a striker you have to make a difference and today there is I succeeded “, he tells Rai. Gnonto is an Italian talent who is making a big splash abroad. From 2012 he entered the world of Inter, where he remained for 8 years. Since 2020 he has been playing in Switzerland, in the last season he scored 8 goals for the Zurich shirt. In blue he is a pillar of the Under 19 team, with 5 goals in 10 appearances. Now, he appears among the greats with ambitions and quality.
“I came to the national team for the internship, I’m enjoying every moment and I’m trying to make the most of every moment”, he adds. “I owe everything to my parents”, he says: father worker, mother waitress, he has a few years of classical high school behind him. “I liked Latin a lot,” he says before describing the first turning point in his career. “I was at Inter, I knew everyone. I chose to leave Inter and go to Zurich to play more. At this age you have to play and I decided to take a big risk. I was at Inter, at my house, though at some point you have to make a difficult decision “, he explains. At Wembley, where Italy lost 3-0 against Argentina, he searched in vain for a photo with Leo Messi: “I spent an hour in front of the locker room, but nothing …”.
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