Jorginho had “zero fear” when taking Italy’s penalty against Poland and confessed to errors, but he was “being man-marked constantly.”
The Brazil-born talent converted the spot-kick earned by Federico Chiesa in a 1-1 Nations League draw, cancelling out the Piotr Zielinski opener.
Jorginho had “zero fear” when taking Italy’s penalty against Poland and confessed to errors, but he was “being man-marked constantly.”
The Brazil-born talent converted the spot-kick earned by Federico Chiesa in a 1-1 Nations League draw, cancelling out the Piotr Zielinski opener.
“I had zero fear. I was confident, I knew the team needed to equalise, so if you go there with fear, you’ve got more chance of making a mistake,” the Chelsea midfielder told Rai Sport.
“We need time, as we haven’t been playing together long, but I am pleased that we saw a young Italy that pressed its opponents, was positive, tried to play attacking football and I think we’re on the right track.”
Zielinski was caught in possession for the Poland goal and it wasn’t the only time he gave away the ball needlessly.
“We were unable to find the right passing lines and therefore have the right tempo. I personally made a lot of mistakes. When you have a man marking you who is paying no attention whatsoever to the rest of the game and only focusing on you, you have to create space for your teammates. I can’t try dummies or to see more of the ball in those situations.
“I fully admit it wasn’t my best performance and I made a lot of errors, including on the Poland goal. I couldn’t see as much of the ball as usual, so I tried to talk more and direct my teammates towards the spaces.
“I can’t just take the ball and run when I’m man-marked constantly. I could egotistically try to keep the ball anyway, but it’s better for the team if I spread the play and find those who have spaces.
“Zielinski chased me around the pitch the whole time and wasn’t really paying attention to the rest of it. What more can I do other than try to get my teammates involved?