The midfield and fulcrum of Mancini and Verratti’s Italy with its history of the 2020 European Championship demonstrates that technique and tactical ability can make up for the lack of physical prowess. The midfielder was born in Pescara and grew up in the football team of the city.
In the last year of his militancy in Pescara, his coach and Zeman , with whom Verratti is very well and the team gets promotion to Serie A ; in the same team, at that time, also Immobile and Insigne playedand the game of Abruzzo is sparkling.
His performance is so high as to intrigue a club like PSG , which bought him in 2012 for the sum of 12 million euros . After 9 seasons the midfielder is still in Paris and, although the team has invested a lot and hired several players in recent years, Verratti remains an immovable starter. This means that his contribution to the team is indisputable, even if sometimes someone tends to underestimate its importance.
Following an injury , which makes him fear his presence at the European Championships , the midfielder returns to the field and, thanks to his experience, makes a decisive contribution to theItaly’s victory in the 2020 European Championships.
Verratti History of the 2020 European Championship – Mancini’s journey with Italy
After a long process in the minor national teams, Prandelli puts him on the list of pre-called for the 2012 European Championship but in the end does not call him. His debut takes place on August 15, 2012, in a friendly match against England, lost by the Azzurri.
2014 World Cup
Verratti participates in the World Cup in Brazil and plays the first against England and the third against Uruguay. After that there are no more matches from Italy, which is eliminated in the groups. This tendency to disappoint in the world championships has consolidated after the victory in 2006 and it is hoped that Mancini will be able to put an end to all this, starting from Qatar 2022.
With Conte he participates in the 2016 European qualifiers but a groin does not allow him to participate in the European Championships. Ventura focuses on him in the qualifying matches for Russia 2018, including the first leg of the play-off with Sweden , which however sanctions the Italians’ failure to qualify for the world championship.
Euro 2020 qualifiers In the Euro 2020
qualifying matches , Verrattiand a permanent holder in Roberto Mancini’s tactical chessboard. The role of him in the midfield at 3 and that of the right midfielder, which helps Jorginho in the setting phase, while Barella releases himself up to the attack line, and who, at the same time, goes to support the axis between Insigne and S pinazzola.
In the challenges leading to Euro 2020, Verratti plays on 7 occasions, also managing to score two goals, one of which in the 6-0 against Liechtenstein and the other in the 2-1 against Bosnia.
Nations League 2020-2021
With Roberto Mancini both he and Italy are back as protagonists and, for the competitionNations League 2020-2021, play two games; if there are no injuries or unforeseen events, he will most likely also play the semi-final against Spain scheduled for October.
Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers
Verratti also plays two qualifying matches for the Qatar 2022 World Cup , both won by Italy, which with Roberto Mancini has strung together a long series of useful results. This bodes well for the inversion of the negative trend of the Azzurri in the editions of the post 2006 World Cup.
Verratti History of the 2020 European Championship – Euro 2020
Shortly before the start of Euro 2020, the news of Verratti ‘s injury during a training freezes the coach Manciniand millions of Italian fans. It looks like another installment in the long series of injuries of the PSG midfielder , who from this point of view has great credit with fate.
After a moment of dismay, the first results of the medical tests arrive and Mancini decides to include him among the squads of Italy, focusing on his complete recovery; also on this occasion, the technician from Jesi is right and Verratti contributes enormously to the Italian triumph.
In the first two matches the Pescara midfielder was unable to take the field and instead of him Locatelli was the author of two capital performances with Turkey and Switzerland . Nonetheless, in the match against Wales Verratti returns to the field and resumes the starting position, never to leave him.
The match against the Welsh sees the almost exclusive use of the second lines but Italy still plays a game of attack and total dominance of the game and the field. In this context, Verratti proves to be still on the ball, having a great dialogue with Jorginho and optimally inspiring the blue maneuver. He also arrives to put a hand on Pessina’s goal, providing him with an assist to the kiss from an inactive ball, and the Atalantino can do nothing but push it into the net. Below we see the video of the goal:
The match against Austria is much more demanding and alsoVerrati is affected by the great physicality and determination of the Austrians. In the first half he inspires the maneuver well but in the second half he fails to affect and suffers a lot from the opponent’s pressing in midfield. At 67 ′ Mancini replaces him to send Locatelli to the field.
In the match against Belgium , a whole different kind of music is on stage and the PSG midfielder relies on his experience even against the giants of the opposing midfield. The icing on the cake is the pressing with which he recovers the ball and verticalizes on Barella , who finalizes the positive transition with a goal from the film library. At 75 ′ he gives way to Cristante, aware of having played a great game.In the semifinals, Luis Enrique
‘s move of the false nine displaces Mancini ‘s Italy , who is always outnumbered in midfield. In this situation, the blue midfielder suffers a lot and can not help but focus more on the defensive phase. However, he has the merit of immediately verticalizing Insigne in the action that gave rise to Chiesa’s goal. The curtain of the pocketed fan, discovered by Verratti, will certainly enter history and we see it below:
In the final against England, Verratti starts very badly by coming out late on Shaw in action of the goal that hits Italy cold .. Throughout the first portion of the game the physicity of the English midfield suffers and, although the Italian national team holds the ball a lot, he is unable to illuminate and find spaces. In the second half, a team and a fully galvanized Verratti take to the field and the midfielder propitiates the goal with a header on which Bonucci pounces, who equalizes. On penalties we know how it ends and it ends very well.
