{"id":295811,"date":"2023-11-21T10:26:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T10:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=295811"},"modified":"2023-11-21T10:26:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T10:26:27","slug":"jorginhos-agent-backs-arsenal-star-to-keep-taking-italys-penalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/jorginhos-agent-backs-arsenal-star-to-keep-taking-italys-penalties\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorginho&apos;s agent backs Arsenal star to keep taking Italy&apos;s penalties"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Jorginho&#8217;s agent backs Arsenal star to continue taking penalties for Italy despite four consecutive misses &#8211; and makes bizarre claim &#8216;only one in TEN&#8217; will be scored in a decade&#8217;s time!<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jorginho has struggled from the spot and missed again for Italy at the weekend<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Some think Jorginho must lose his responsibility but Luciano Spalletti backs him<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>I was threatened with being STABBED with a Stanley knife at an U12&#8217;s game &#8211; a former referee tells IAKO\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jorginho&#8217;s agent wants him to continue taking penalties for Italy despite his recent spot-kick malaise as he made a bizarre claim that only one in 10 spot-kicks will be scored in a decade&#8217;s time.<\/p>\n<p>The Arsenal midfielder missed his fourth consecutive penalty with the Azzurri on Friday night in their 5-2 win over North Macedonia and has drawn criticism from Italian football legends.<\/p>\n<p>Beppe Bergomi, a 1982 World Cup winner, urged Jorginho to &#8216;bow down&#8217;\u00a0and said &#8216;enough is enough&#8217; after he eclipsed\u00a0Alessandro &#8216;Spillo&#8217; Altobelli&#8217;s unwanted record, who missed three straight spot-kicks.<\/p>\n<p>Jorginho has failed to score three penalties in regulation time, and one in the Euro 2020 penalty shootout against England, but manager Luciano Spalletti seems to have hinted that the &#8216;special&#8217; ex-Chelsea star will remain on 12-yard duty.<\/p>\n<p>And agent Joao Santos told TMW: &#8216;I hope he steps up and takes it, he is a professional. Penalties are always a lottery, and there&#8217;s always a goalkeeper to beat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/09\/78052899-0-image-a-6_1700557293689.jpg\" height=\"461\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jorginho has now failed to convert four penalties in a row for Italy despite his stellar reputation<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/09\/78052949-0-image-m-9_1700557345753.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>His agent, Joao Santos, has backed him to take the next penalty &#8211; and also made a bizarre claim about future spot-kicks<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Goalkeepers have improved a lot in recent years. And they study all the moves of the penalty takers. Today, it is more difficult to score than it is to make mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In 10 years&#8217; time, only one in ten penalties will go in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;[There will be] new technology, studies, techniques. It&#8217;s not easy to score a penalty.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He joked that he would be happy for his client to miss a spot-kick every game if it meant Italy won 5-2, but added: &#8216;Jokes aside, only those who take penalties miss penalties.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Jorginho has one of the most distinctive penalty-taking techniques in football, consisting of a hop just before striking the ball to put goalkeepers off.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally it has worked wonders and he has scored 15 of his last 16 at club level, showing that he is still ice-cool.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Italy and Inter Milan legend Bergomi thinks that his time has come for the national side. He said: &#8216;That style of taking spot-kicks just does not work anymore and today we got confirmation beyond doubt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We can appreciate his character and mental strength in going up there again, but I&#8217;d say now enough is enough. He has to go to the coach and say let someone else take the next one.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/09\/78052897-0-image-a-7_1700557327692.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Italy legend Beppe Bergomi believes it is time for Jorginho to relinquish his responsibilities<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/09\/77967103-0-Jorginho_s_tame_effort_was_saved_by_North_Macedonia_goalkeeper_S-a-10_1700557555615.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jorginho&#8217;s tame effort was saved by North Macedonia goalkeeper\u00a0Stole Dimitrievsk<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/09\/78053305-0-image-a-16_1700558048931.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Italy manager Luciano Spalletti backed his &#8216;special&#8217; penalty taker and told him that he will retain the duty\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If Jorginho were to be taken off the duty, he could be replaced by somebody such as Domenico Berardi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The winger converted seven of his eight penalties for Sassuolo last season and scored the first penalty for Italy in the Euro 2020 final shootout against England.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spalletti got behind his midfielder, saying: &#8221;Jorginho should be congratulated [for his performance against North Macedonia]. He did not angle the ball very well but the goalkeeper made a good save.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He remains a special penalty taker for Italy. I told him that he will take the next penalty as well and he said yes.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12774413\/Jorginhos-agent-Arsenal-star-penalties-Italy-misses-bizarre-claim.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Jorginho&#8217;s agent backs Arsenal star to continue taking penalties for Italy despite four consecutive misses &#8211; 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