NATIONS - Immobile targeted by the Italian fans. Teammates defend him

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NATIONS - Immobile targeted by the Italian fans. Teammates defend him
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It is not an easy moment for Ciro Immobile, at least in the national team. With Lazio, in fact, the 31-year-old striker has resumed his season from where he ended it: 4 goals in the first two days of Serie A, after 25 in the past year in all competitions. Maurizio Sarri also immediately put him at the center of his project and, as captain, the former Torino responded as best he can.

Different speech with Roberto Mancini's Italy, where Immobile has failed in the last few games to have the same performance recorded with the biancoceleste shirt. Hence also various criticisms, which the Italian coach answered first in the press conference that preceded the match against Lithuania for the next World Cup qualifiers: "I really don't see a big problem: Ciro has always scored.

Meanwhile, Ciro Immobile has left the blue retreat due to muscle fatigue, returning to Lazio. Here his companions welcomed him with open arms, starting with Luis Alberto. Together the two, between goals and assists, have built the fortunes of the Biancocelesti in recent years. And the Spaniard has thus lined up alongside him on Instagram: "Dear friend, who envy", the phrase that appears next to the photo of the shirt of the 36 goals. T

he one given to the whole team and to the staff by the striker after concluding the 2019/20 season with the victory of the Golden Boot. A message that has joined with those of many colleagues: from Lorenzo Insigne ("To Ciro I can only say to be calm, he must not prove anything to anyone) to his friend Francesco Acerbi. The Lazio defender, with whom he has a strong bond. , he used strong words on his social profile: "A lion does not care about the opinion of the sheep." In the Instagram story also the snapshot of a hug, just the last of the many gestures of support for Ciro Immobile.