The reactions of the press in Italy and the witty memes after the umpteenth goal by Retegui for the Azzurra

Matthew Retegui He doesn’t stop scoring goals. Not only was it enough for him to do it in the Argentine football goals wearing the Tigre shirt, but he has now taken the opportunity to play for the Italian team and scored two goals in his first two games, one against England (discount in defeat 1 -2) and another one in Malta on Sunday (he opened the scoring). Given this good answer that he gave to Robert Manciniresponses and praise were not long in coming, both from the side of the press and from memes through irony and sarcasm.

by the media, The Sports Gazetteone of the most prestigious newspapers in the European country, did not miss an opportunity to talk about the striker born in Argentina and wrote: “Retegui took a liking to him. But against Malta, Italy didn’t get excited and only won 2-0. Italy gained confidence and perhaps has finally found a centre-forward. Once again, Retegui puts it in with the first ball. The problem is that he doesn’t score many more and Mancini will have to work on that, but at least there is a 9 who has the goal in mind and travels at an average of one cross per game. Only Chinaglia, Enrico Chiesa and Orsolini scored two goals in their first two games for the national team.

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For his part, Sports Courieranother well-known newspaper, had the headline on the cover: “Solo Retegui”.

While, All Sports wrote: “Mancini’s Italy wins again and Retegui scores again. The Argentinian-born striker, unexpectedly called up by Mancini, opened the game after fifteen minutes of play, with a perfect header from a corner , second goal in two games for him”

In terms of memes that have gone viral on social media, most of them have set their sights on Retegui, Mancini and Cyrus ImmobileLazio striker, who is fighting for the starting position within his national team.

Faced with this similar backlash that Retegui has begun to have, some big names in Europe, such as Milan, have already begun to pay attention to the 23-year-old player. Therefore, Tiger AND Mouth they are thrilled to receive a tidy sum with an overseas sale.