In today`s edition of Corriere dello Sport, Alberto Polverosi analyzed Italy`s defeat in Norway. “The Norwegians weren`t focusing on Haaland, the super European striker,” he writes. “Not at all. They were looking to a twenty-year-old kid, Nico Williams. What do you mean? Nico Williams is Spanish? Maybe, but last night we saw him again in all his glory on the wet pitch in Oslo.”
He continues, “The name, it`s true, is different; he`s called Antonio Nusa, he plays for Leipzig, and he tore us apart just like Nico did in that sadly unforgettable Italy-Spain match in the last Euros, when they overwhelmed us. In Italy, there isn`t a single player, not one, capable of coming close to Nusa`s level. Orsolini, based on his last season for Bologna, might have a go, but none of the Azzurri players called up by Spalletti, nor even those never called up, are capable of taking on and beating an opponent like Nusa. Our technical poverty in the final third is impressive.”