Five goals in 15 matches in the national team, in the Mancini era only Berardi had done the same. But that’s why the comparison between the Napoli striker and the other big 9 numbers of the past holds up. And how …
If it is true that precocity often becomes the pedestal of a bright career, then Giacomo Raspadori is getting on with his work and (perhaps) Mancini has finally found the striker to whom he can deliver the pleasant task of scoring. To give comfort to the sensations, there are the numbers.