The Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper was heckled throughout the Azzuri’s 2-1 UEFA Nations League semi-final loss against Luis Enriques’s Spain at the San Siro.
Roma have a new CEO, as Guido Fienga resigned Wednesday and was quickly replaced by Pietro Berardi. The previous executive assumed the pivotal position in 2019 after being with the club since 2013. Berardi served as the North American chief of Pirelli in the past year and a half.
Luis Enrique’s Spain avenged their EURO 2020 semi-final defeat against the Azzurri by beating them 2-1 in the same stage of the UEFA Nations League on Wednesday evening.
On Wednesday night, The San Siro Stadium witnessed the end of the greatest unbeaten streak in the history of international football as Spain beat Italy in the first Semi Final fixture of the UEFA Nations League. Here are our player ratings for the big clash.
After 37 games and 3 years, the Azzurri's unbeaten streak came to an end as Italy lost 1-2 to Spain in the first Semi Final of the Nations League. At the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Luis Enrique's young version of the Furia Roja gained a double lead in the first half thanks to a Ferran Torres brace, taking advantage of Leonardo Bonucci's send off on 41 minutes.
Roma did not manage to get a midfielder in the summer despite pursuing a few players. Strengthening the position will remain a priority in January. After missing out on Granit Xhaka, The Giallorossi are now insistently chasing after another Swiss international: Denis Zakaria.
Technical director Paolo Maldini and sporting director Ricky Massara are already said to have initiated contact for two of Jupiler Pro League’s most in-form prodigies.
Gleison Bremer has had an impressive growth over the past two years, becoming the anchor of the Torino defense. The top teams, in particular Inter and Juventus, have started eyeing him for next summer. But the Granata want to keep him long-term and are working to extend his contract.
Milan president Paolo Scaroni has overseen a partially successful spell in his role so far and believes that Milan are on the right path to establish themselves back in the top of Serie A.
Juventus shook up their management in July. They ousted Fabio Paratici and promoted his right-hand man Federico Cherubini. However, they did not bring in any outside figure. Further changes could be on the horizon as they are courting Igli Tare, who has been at Lazio for over a decade.
Fresh from a triumphant Euro 2020 campaign, Roberto Mancini opted to maintain his tried and trusted stars for the UEFA Nations League finals, but he left out some of the finest talents in Italy in the process. So let's try to create a formation out of the best players who were not included in the squad.
Inter have been working on multiple contract extensions after the end of the summer window. They wish to prolong the deals of Lautaro Martinez, Nicolò Barella and Marcelo Brozovic. The talks with the entourages of the three linchpins are at different stages.