The defender born in 1997 is the third Italian in Herdman’s squad together with Insigne and Bernardeschi.
After having spoken to you in recent days about Giani and Omoregie, footballers who play in England and Slovenia respectively, today we take the plane to fly much further. Our destination is in fact Canadamore precisely Torontowhere in addition to the “well-known” Insigne and Bernardeschi there is also another Italian.
We’re talking about Raoul Petrettaborn in ’97, who after a “life” with the shirt of Basel and the brief parenthesis in Türkiye al Kasimpasafrom January 2023 he officially became a new Toronto FC player. He has almost reached 60 appearances in (almost) 2 years, demonstrating how his figure has become central to this club’s project. Thanks to a truly negative period, highlighted by the only point gained in the last 5 matches, the team coached by Herdman failed to reach the play-offs, losing the last match against Messi’s Inter Miami and finishing in eleventh place . We remind you, in fact, that the top 7 classified qualify directly for the round of 16, while the eighth and ninth place take part in the round of 16.
He undoubtedly obtained the most important results in Switzerland, where in the 2016/2017 season wins championship and cup, which he will also raise again two years later in the final against Thun. Also noteworthy are his appearances in Europe. He made his debut in the Champions League at the age of 20 in the incredible 5-0 against Benfica, taking to the pitch in a total of 5 matches during the competition: the most important was the one against Manchester United, where he proved decisive with the assist to Lang for the final 1-0. Thirteen matches were played between the Europa League and the Conference. Here we mention the away match against Apoel Nicosia of February 2020, where he made another assist and even scored the temporary 0-1 (which then ended 0-3).
We close with the experience in blue. In fact, Petretta boasts only one appearance with the Italy shirt: the reference is to Portugal-Italy Under 21, in which coach Di Biagio made him debut in the national team, even from the 1st minute. In that team we remember several well-known faces from the current Serie A, including Barella, Dimarco, Scamacca, Pessina, Cutrone, Calabria and many others.