Marchisio delighted with his first goal for Italy and allays injury fears: Euro 2012 qualifier news
Juventus midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Claudio-Marchisio-c9312, is extremely delighted to score his first international goal for Italy in the 1-1 draw against Serbia at the Crvena Zvezda Stadion on Friday, October 7, 2011.
The 25-year-old took only two minutes to find himself on the score-sheet but it was cancelled out by Branislav Ivanovic’s 26th minute equaliser. The midfielder is extremely delighted with his finish and believes that
it is a dream come true for him.
“My teammates thought I’d toe-poked it, but it was with the inside of my foot, as I tried to angle the finish as much as possible. I said yesterday that I wanted this goal and it arrived in a difficult arena. The team played very
well, always tried not to give the ball away and held out under http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Serbia-c3002’s pressure. In a week when we didn’t have much time to work, we still put in a fine performance."
The former Empoli star is happy with his team’s overall performances and believes that it was the toughest game of the group for them. Serbia kept constant pressure on Gli Azzurri but Marchisio is happy with the character his team
showed to hold them to a draw.
The midfielder scored a brace against Italian Champions, A.C Milan, in his club’s previous league game and is enjoying a great week. Marchisio is extremely delighted with the performances of his club and the country. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 has
already topped the Group C to qualify for Euro 2012. On the other hand, Juventus is leading the 2011/12 Serie A table with 11 points from 5 games played thus far.
The Italian believes that Italy is amongst the top three teams in Europe and is on par with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904.
“I always put Italy in the top three with Spain and Germany, both for our prestige and the squad at our disposal.”
Marchisio allayed fears regarding injury picked up in the latter stages of the game and confirmed that it is only a knock.
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