Jorginho to continue taking penalties for Italy despite 4 misses

Jorginho will continue taking Italy’s penalties despite 4 consecutives misses.

The midfielder failed to score in the 5-2 rout over North Macedonia and that has drawn the criticism in Italian press.

Despite his woes, manager Luciano Spalletti seems keen to keep Jorginho as his regular penalty taker and has no plans of stripping him of this duty.

Jorginho’s agent gave a further support to the struggling star.

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“I hope he steps up and takes it, he is a professional. Penalties are always a lottery, and there’s always a goalkeeper to beat.” he said.

“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.”

“In 10 years’ time, only one in ten penalties will go in.”