Nicolò Zaniolo scored one other , however Gian Piero Gasperini was sad along with his celebration, and Luciano Spalletti has already warned the ex-Aston Villa striker about his behaviour.
Zaniolo scored the winner for Atalanta as an alternative on Saturday, serving to La Dea win the tenth consecutive Serie A recreation. The Italian striker teased Cagliari followers after scoring within the second half, upsetting Gasperini.
The Atalanta coach brazenly criticised Zaniolo throughout a post-match press convention, saying that the crew “can not afford” such reactions,
Zaniolo has 19 appearances and two targets for Italy’s nationwide crew and was a semi-regular starter within the Azzurri squad at first of Luciano Spalletti’s reign final 12 months.
He had performed six of the opening eight video games underneath Spalletti, however his lack of taking part in time at Aston Villa within the second a part of 2023-24 pushed him to the sidelines, so the 25-year-old hasn’t made a world look since March.
The ex-Roma and Aston Villa striker has three targets and one help in 15 Atalanta appearances this season, primarily as an alternative. He discovered the online in his newest two appearances towards his ex-club Roma and Cagliari, however getting his identify on the scoresheet will not be sufficient to return to the Italy squad subsequent 12 months.
In certainly one of his newest interviews, Azzurri CT Spalletti mentioned Zaniolo and the behaviour he expects from Italian gamers.
“What makes the distinction is what a participant reveals throughout video games; the behaviour with the teammates, the opponents and the referees,”
“Zaniolo has nice potential. I’ve introduced him to the crew till current matches. He can play as a winger or a assist striker. He can play within the center as nicely as a result of, along with his physicality, he can play with the again to the objective. Physicality is a key high quality for competing in Europe. As we noticed within the final recreation towards France, we suffered a bit from their physicality.”
Zaniolo is on mortgage at Atalanta from Galatasaray. La Dea have an choice to make his transfer everlasting on the finish of the season for €16m plus €2.5m add-ons.