Spalletti has Italian goals from Scamacca, Raspadori and Immobile.

17th with Macedonia and 20th in Leverkusen with Ukraine the Italian national team will play at Euro 2024: there is good news about the scorers from the championship and Spalletti likes Keane very much.

In nine days the squad will be named, in sixteen days there will be a match against Macedonia and in nineteen days a clash with Ukraine: we need to win the first match, the one that is our worst nightmares, to have two out of three possible results in the second.

Italy's fate will be decided at the Olimpico inRome and at the BayArena in Leverkusen, on a neutral pitch. The Euros in Germany are in our hands, but it won't be a joke.

These will be two early play-off matches that we will go through in March, courtesy of the Nations League, if things go wrong. Today we don't even want to think about it. And the offers that come from the Championship keep our hopes alive.

The strikers have started scoring again. The same ones. From Scamacca to Immobile, via Raspadori. And Keane, on whom Spalletti relies heavily, scored almost two goals against Verona (the first was a deflection off Vlahovic) but they were canceled out by VAR.

The center-forward has been Italy's curse since the days of Mancini, who dreamed of reviving Balotelli and came to the Euros bringing Immobile and Belotti to the boil, friends turned rivals in a perpetual competition. Spalletti faces the same problems.

In the Blues' first four matches, he has used five men in the center of attack, although the latest was Keane, who started on the edge against Malta. The first was Immobile, appointed captain before Germany but out of form.

The most present is Raspadori, 163 minutes of good will and not a single bright moment. Hoping for the future of Gianluca Scamacca, who at Empoli, right in front of the eyes of the head coach, impressed and widened the heart of those who cherish the blue jersey: two goals, second of the season, bar, crossbar, assist. Unstoppable. Full game.

After seeing him sweep away Andreazzoli's team, we're hoping we've finally found a center-forward. But we need to talk about it quietly and proceed with caution. First goal, beautiful heel strike, champion's number: technique, personality, timing.

Scamacca has the right age and Atalanta are the perfect team for him to develop.

When you have the physicality, you have to find consistency, which will probably be the most difficult challenge. He is tasked with exorcising the ghosts against Macedonia.

Beyond him comes Raspadori, who at Napoli does not make the injured Osimhen miss him. Against ACMilan, he scored his first goal in the league from the penalty spot. Talent and Attachment. He lacks weight and height, but he ties up plays, frees up the zone, and facilitates center fielder insertions. His flexibility and tactical intelligence are his weapons. Spalletti knows him well and will not give up on him.

The same will be true of Retegui, 18 minutes in the blue jersey at the moment, struggling with problems in his left knee, which also worries Gilardino.

Immobile, who decided the match against Fiorentina at the last moment by coolly scoring a penalty after coming off the bench, returns to the game. He's the captain, but he's also physically behind and mentally stressed. A goal against the Violets after almost 40 days without a goal could unlock it.

We need confirmation starting Friday in Bologna. The domestic rivalry with Castellanos is worrying for Ciro, who, one goal away from his 200th at Lazio, can't take the pressure off himself. Immobile is under scrutiny.

The more pressing at the back is Keane, who Spalletti loves and Allegri overvalues, so much so that he has played in the main squad for the last four matches. If, as is likely, Laciale make the roster, Keane will be added to the list as an edge midfielder.

But everyone should be chasing Scamacca today. He should be scoring those lost goals.

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