In the 51st minute, Ricardo Rodriguez (29) made a bad mistake when he tried to correct, but Berardi grabs in the foot. There is a penalty.
Jorginho gets ready, starts running. What is summer doing? He holds! Because he knew exactly what to expect. “Jorginho, the Azzurri’s regular goal scorer, has a habit of jumping in just before he hits. Then see where the goalie is going and then push into the other corner, “explains Patrick Foletti, goalie coach of the national team. Of course, they carefully analyzed this “Jorginho penalty” beforehand. “And Yann managed to stand as long as possible.”
“I would have fallen on my nose”
So the “anti-Jorginho” plan has worked. A plan that was mostly worked out on video. In the training sessions, no one imitated the style of the Italian shooter.
“If I had tried to make this little jump, I would probably have fallen on my face,” says the Ticino trainer and laughs. There was a rational part of the analysis, but the goalkeeper’s instinct did the rest at that moment.
Sommer was already enthusiastic at the European Championship when he held Kylian Mbappé’s last penalty in the round of 16 and secured Switzerland’s ticket for the quarter-finals. Summer also caused almost as much enthusiasm on Sunday evening against Italy. Thanks to talent and careful preparation.
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