Spalletti: ‘I already told Jorginho he will take the next Italy penalty’

Jorginho has missed his final 4 penalties for Italy, together with shoot-outs, however Luciano Spalletti ‘already advised him that he’ll take the subsequent spot-kick and he agreed.’

The midfielder did not convert within the EURO 2020 Remaining shoot-out in opposition to England at Wembley Stadium, then missed in two totally different 2022 World Cup qualifiers in opposition to Switzerland.

If simply a type of had gone in, then the Azzurri would have booked their ticket to the match in Qatar.

This night when main 1-0 in opposition to North Macedonia, the referee pointed to the spot and Jorginho took the ball, had his conventional, hop, skip and bounce run-up just for the weak effort to be simply saved.

The Nazionale finally received 5-2, however Spalletti remains to be retaining the religion with the Arsenal veteran.

“Jorginho had an amazing recreation tonight and a fragile one,” mentioned the coach in a press convention.

“I already advised him that he’ll take the subsequent spot-kick and he agreed.”

Not everyone seems to be so beneficiant, as a result of 1982 World Cup winner Beppe Bergomi was talking as a pundit on Sky Sport Italia with a really totally different view.

“With all due respect, Jorginho has to bow right down to the proof right here and admit penalties are not for him. That type of taking spot-kicks simply doesn’t work anymore and at present we acquired affirmation past doubt.

“We are able to respect his character and psychological power in going up there once more, however I’d say now sufficient is sufficient. He has to go to the coach and say let another person take the subsequent one.”

There have been different penalty specialists on the pitch on the time, together with Domenico Berardi, who Jorginho did briefly communicate to when the spot-kick was awarded.

Again to the press convention, Spalletti continued to reward the psychological power of his gamers when North Macedonia got here again from 3-0 right down to 3-2.

“I anticipated us to undergo, to clam up and attempt to hold on. As a substitute we acquired again to charging up the pitch, turning strikes round and scoring targets. Together with the 2 that we did rating, there have been a number of different large alternatives too.”

Italy now want solely a draw in opposition to Ukraine in Leverkusen on Monday to e book their ticket for EURO 2024, however Spalletti is in no temper to rotate.

“We are going to see how everyone seems to be doing, nevertheless it was efficiency and we must always work on what we noticed tonight. Whoever has the higher of the ultimate match will go to the Euros.”