Simone Zaza was excited at playing alongside Andrea Pirlo for the first time, but cursed his goal drought.
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Simone Zaza was excited at playing alongside Andrea Pirlo for the first time, but cursed his goal drought.
The Sassuolo striker had two spectacular overhead kicks in the 2-1 win over Azerbaijan, but didn’t find the net.
“This evening my father told me I’d be playing alongside Pirlo and I said ‘I know!’ I had never met him before and was accustomed to watching him on TV,” Zaza told Rai Sport.
“That was the case for most of my Italy teammates until about a month ago.”
Once again under Coach Antonio Conte, Zaza was picked as a partner for Ciro Immobile.
“It was tough today, as we were facing a side that wasn’t very strong, but was very defensive and used two midfielders to block us off in attack. We did well to get the second goal quickly.
“It’s true, I haven’t scored since against Norway. Unfortunately I’m having a difficult time at my club and hope it’ll be different when I return.
“I won’t get downhearted, as I know what I can do and haven’t been in physically great shape recently, so haven’t shown my best yet.”