“They didn’t give me the 2-0, but I’m sure I touched the ball, maybe it had already gone in…” He has no doubts Francis Pius EspositoThe Under 21 striker spoke to the notebooks of today’s edition of the Sports Gazette after the poker scored with Italy against San Marino after that of Alberto Gilardino: “I am proud to share this record with him: he is one of the strongest attackers that the national team has had, since I was a child I have always admired him”.
The coach has always deployed him as a centre forward: “We had played in the Under 20 World Cup together, he called me two years younger and made me play. He has always shown respect towards me and I have always tried to repay this trust. And it’s going well for me. Four goals in San Marino? They are still 4 goals and I am happy as if they were against anyone.
They will be against San Marino but they are always to be done. When the match starts you have scored zero, just as winning is never a given, you start from 0-0, you have to unlock, play and win. Now there is Norway? It will be a difficult match, and the one in Stavanger will be too. Norway is a strong team, that plays well, now we have to put the 7-0 against San Marino behind us and think about that, which is decisive”.