According to the newspaper Il Giorno, Dimarco‘s career carries a clear common thread: the name Mancini. It was the coach from Jesi who, during the difficult years at Inter, launched him into professional football at just seventeen years old, in the Europa League in Baku. A debut far from the Champions League spotlight, in a period that the newspaper openly describes as the “dark years” of the Nerazzurri club.
Eight years later, after various loans and the necessary growth path to mature as a footballer, the coach and the player met again in 2022: Mancini as head coach, Dimarco firmly back in the team that trained him at Interello and for which he has supported since he was a child. A circle that closes, but never stops turning.
The current picture is more complex. An injury ruled him out of Italy’s matches in September and October, meanwhile Carlos Augusto has improved and Chivu has worked to find a way for the two to coexist at the club. On the national team front, the playing system is being shaped into a 4-3-3 in which Calafiori occupies the full-back position, leaving less room for Dimarco’s characteristics.
The coach’s response was swift. Dimarco started on the bench in the match against France, but came on as a winger in place of Cambiaghi. One minute after coming onto the pitch, the decisive assist: surgical and fundamental, to use the words of the Milanese newspaper.
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