Mateo Retegui scores a brace against Messi and makes Italy smile: his record with Azzurra is impressive

Matteo Retegui, The Argentinian nationalized Italian, who emerged at Boca and broke through at Tigre, confirms that he made the right decision by choosing to represent Italy. The 24-year-old Genoa striker scored a goal brace against Venezuela in a friendly match at Chase Stadium, home of Inter Miami, and reached the cfour goals in five games with the blue shirt.

First, he opened the scoring in the 39th minute of the first half, taking advantage of an early error by Rafael Romo, the team’s goalkeeper. Fernando “Bocha” Batista. He receives without scoring inside the area, places the ball with his left leg and with a right cross he makes it 1-0.

The joy would not last long for those of Luciano Spalletti because three minutes later, after an even bigger mistake at the start made by the Italians in this case, Darwin Machis a draw was possible, 1-1 going into half-time.

And in the 34th minute of the second half, Retegui, the scorer of the afternoon in Miami, showed up again, with a goal in the ‘9th’ for the final 2-1. He controlled the edge of the six-yard box and in one move was able to score twice as much as he did. Finally, in the 86th minute, he is replaced and in his place is Giacomo Raspadori, a Napoli footballer.

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