Performance below the standards that Mateo Retegui has recently accustomed us toItaly’s number 9 who didn’t score in the match against Belgium last night even though he still took part in the action that decided the match. “Not a first half up to the level of his latest performances. Better in the second half, even if in the 54th minute face to face with Casteels he should have done more”, the opinion of TMW.
This is the comment from the ‘Gazzetta dello Sport’: “Spalletti would like him to be deeper, but it is clear that his magic touch is a little dull when he throws away the possible 2-0. But he frees up the spaces well for the 1-0.” “He does his best at 0-1, defending the ball with his shoulders. Around the middle of the first half he is absent, Spalletti’s shouts wake him up. He has a golden opportunity in the moment of greatest pressure from Belgium”, adds the ‘Corriere of Sport’.
Thus the ‘Corriere della Sera’: “He doesn’t find the spark and in the second half he has the opportunity to make it 2-0. In the circumstance a little more coolness would be needed. He ends up growing but it’s not enough.” “Altruistic for a time, he doesn’t materialize the match ball”, we read this morning in ‘La Repubblica’.
Mateo Retegui’s report cards
TMW – 6
Gazzetta dello Sport – 5.5
Corriere dello Sport – 6
TuttoSport – 5
Corriere della Sera – 5.5
The Republic – 6