The Arsenal player missed a very heavy penalty in the European final series with Italy and ended up under accusation, now the brace against Iran relaunches him also in the national team
It was 11.55 pm on Sunday 11 July 2021, when the nineteen-year-old Bukayo Saka placed the ball on the penalty spot, looked Gigio Donnarumma in the eye, jumped three times and kicked with his left foot, sure that the shot would end up on the net, because the shot it was angled, quite powerful, accurate. Instead Donnarumma came with his claws to push him away and Italy indulged in infinite happiness, they were champions of Europe and the streets were invaded by crazed cars and the sky wrapped in a huge tricolor, while the young Saka, desperate, he looked up at the grandstand and sought consolation in his parents’ faces.