Federico Chiesa was in superb form for the Italian national team last night, scoring twice for the Azzurri in their 5-2 victory against North Macedonia.
Italy had to win their two matches in this window to qualify for Euro 2024 and defend the title they won in the last edition of the competition.
North Macedonia proved to be strong opponents, but they could do little against an Italy side that lined up in a 4-3-3 formation, with Chiesa playing in his preferred left-sided attacking role. Domenico Berardi occupied the other wing, and Giacomo Raspadori played as the centre-forward.
Chiesa has consistently performed well in that setup, although he currently plays as a second striker in a 3-5-2 formation at Juventus.
This system is favoured by Max Allegri, who believes it will help his team achieve its goals.
Pundit Antonio Di Gennaro has now commented on the attacker’s best position and said, as quoted by Tuttomercatoweb:
“Chiesa was born and raised as a winger, it is his best position because it gives the sensation of having the line to be able to aim, centre and shoot. At Juve, he plays as a second striker, widening and looking for more space to have the ability to go into one against one.”
Juve FC Says
Chiesa did well last night, and every Juve fan will wish he played that way for us.
However, our system is different and he needs to adapt because the team is bigger than a single player.
Every player needs to be flexible, but if you have a player who can tear a side apart, why would you not play him in his naturally preferred position?
The idea is to win, right?
Which is ironic considering that when Juve had Dybala, the team used to play in a 4-3-3 formation, albeit, one that didn’t suit its most technically gifted player of the squad. Now that he’s no longer here, Juve have opted for a formation that Dybala would’ve thrived in… One which doesn’t suit its only player that can beat his man, if played in his preferred position.
Spot on @Steven… what’s even funnier is Dinolegri wanted Lukaku in exchange for Dybala..now both play together well for AS Roma…he wanted Zakaria..then didn’t want him after 3 games…now he wants someone similar again..he got the contracts extended for his errand boy MDS so that he can stay in hospital forever..same goes for Sandro..played Sandro and Danilo as CBs even though he had Gatti and Rugani..Dinolegri – the most clueless manager in Italy