Francisco Conceição (10 Viewers)
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To be fair, Italy has barely produced top wingers. Euro 2020 was the exception, with Chiesa, Insigne and Berardi in good form. Otherwise, look at the list of wingers in the squad in 1994, 2006 or 2012. The wingers were always supporting actors rather than the stars, and most often rather playmakers, central midfielders or wingbacks.
Please name three world class Italian wingers the past thirty years. Compare that list to the attackers, defenders, central midfielders or goalkeepers.
Please name three world class Italian wingers the past thirty years. Compare that list to the attackers, defenders, central midfielders or goalkeepers.
That's the criticism, Italy is neglecting an important position in the sport, not only it affect the national team and Italian teams (I don't care about them) but more importantly it affects Juve as well, I say currently we're very lucky to be able to get yildiz (not even a winger) and Conceicao to fill such needed positions for relatively cheap (Gonzales can't even be rated yet), otherwise we have to compete with wealthier clubs in the international market to find such an important ingredient for all contemporary champion teams.
If Italy produce chiesa players on a regular basis, we'd be in a much better position.
If Italy produce chiesa players on a regular basis, we'd be in a much better position.
Italy doesn't produce wingers because they have this obsession of turning everybody into a second striker because they prefer their wingers to be defenders. Giovinco for example was a similar player to Conceicao but for some reason they never used him on the wing. Look at Chiesa, he's your typical winger but has in Serie A never been used as a winger but instead as an SS and wingback.
