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The Argentinian captain has his critics but is the leader and inspiration behind a team finding their feet again
Leave it to a 20-year-old, with three Serie A starts under his belt, to provide a most perceptive analysis of the Italian top flight as we head into a new year. ?The most difficult thing to do in this game,? said Francesco Pio Esposito on Sunday night, ?is to stick the ball in the net.?
He was speaking in praise of his Inter teammate, Lautaro Mart?nez, whom he set up for the decisive goal in a 1-0 win away to Atalanta. Pio Esposito had barely entered as a second-half substitute when he was gifted possession by an opponent, Berat Djimsiti. Instead of taking the chance on himself, he froze the last defender and released Lautaro to score with a side-footed through-ball.
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Leave it to a 20-year-old, with three Serie A starts under his belt, to provide a most perceptive analysis of the Italian top flight as we head into a new year. ?The most difficult thing to do in this game,? said Francesco Pio Esposito on Sunday night, ?is to stick the ball in the net.?
He was speaking in praise of his Inter teammate, Lautaro Mart?nez, whom he set up for the decisive goal in a 1-0 win away to Atalanta. Pio Esposito had barely entered as a second-half substitute when he was gifted possession by an opponent, Berat Djimsiti. Instead of taking the chance on himself, he froze the last defender and released Lautaro to score with a side-footed through-ball.
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