The red light was once on for the future of the national team after Italian midfielder Zorzino became the guilty party in his team's failure to qualify for the final week when he lost a crucial 12-yarder against Switzerland twice in the last World Championship. However, the 32-year-old is past his slump. Lately, he has become braver and braver. He prepared after the warm-up match and helped Italy beat Venezuela 2-1. He was highly praised for his performance and is expected to claim the right spot once again.
After Spalletti became Italy's manager last September, Zorzino was left as a backup, and there were few opinions that Spalletti should discard the Brazilian naturalized player and bring in more new blood. However, Zorzino proved with his actions that he can still make important contributions to the national team. In the match against Venezuela, Italy's offense seemed to be a rat that couldn't get started. Zorzino was ready to come on after 65 minutes and greatly improved the organization of the team and made a brilliant pass to get a goal from Ledigu.
Zorzino's game lasted 25 minutes and has spread 16 times. After the match, he was highly praised by the Italian media as belonging to the most crucial players in Italy, and his performance was far superior to that of Venlur Lucadieri. In fact, Zorzino has been so good for Arsenal this season that few Italian fans think the 'Corps of Blue' should be re-selected in order to get the European crown up, where it will play an important role.
