Capello: Giovinco Is A Great Talent
Ex Roma and Milan Coach Fabio Capello has heaped praise on young Empoli playmaker Sebastian Giovinco but says it is wrong to compare the player to Barcelona star Lionel Messi.
The 20-year-old, who is on loan in Tuscany from Juventus, is rightly regarded as one of the most exciting young talents in European football. Blessed with some quite incredible dribbling skills and acceleration, many have already labelled the diminutive youngster as the 'Italian Messi’.
“Giovinco is a player with a great amount of ability. He has incredible technique and great dribbling,” Capello told La Domenica Sportiva.
“However I think it is wrong to compare him to Messi. Messi is more physical and has a lot of upper-body strength.”
Giovinco scored his first ever Serie A goal yesterday as Empoli came from behind to beat Palermo 3-1 at the Stadio Carlo Castellani. The win was the Azzurri’s first Serie A win of the new campaign and lifted them to 16th in the table.
Giovinco is also a regular for the Italy Under-21 team and is widely regarded as the squad’s best player. The youngster has represented Italy at every age since under-16 level and it seems he will certainly have a starring role for the senior team at some point in the future.
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