At the end of the Pisa-Juve match, the striker thanked his coach for the nickname he coined
No one had ever given a name to that thing that for so many years made Zhegrova unique in the world of football: her touch of the ball. Until Turin, a few months after his arrival at the JuventusSpalletti thought about it. “I was born with this quality – said the player at the end of the match in Pisa, completely changed when he entered the pitch -. Did the coach call my shot a wedge ball? I thank him for finding the name for it”.
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Spalletti has always described Zhegrova as a decisive player. When he arrived he had to calibrate his use on the advice of the doctors, because he was coming off a long period of time out due to injury, but then the situation improved. Although… “he had a fever during the week and I didn’t expect him to be able to hold on for these 35 minutes”, commented the coach at the end of the match. In the meantime, the striker explained how Spalletti is working “also to make me improve in the defensive phase, an aspect that was actually asked of me previously and I know that it is important in modern football”. Good intentions: “I’ve been out for a long time, but now I’m making my contribution by making all the quality I have available. The important thing for us is to remain compact.”