He Was A Bricklayer Who Played Soccer At Night. Now Federico Gatti Is Deciding Games For Juventus – News18

TURIN, Italy: Federico Gatti as soon as labored as a bricklayer and performed soccer solely at evening. Now he’s taking up for Giorgio Chiellini because the bodily presence in Juventus’ protection.

The 6-foot-3 (1.90-meter) Gatti used his physique to most impact to move in the one aim in Juventus’ 1-0 win over defending Serie A champion Napoli on Friday.

Rising to satisfy a cross from Andrea Cambiaso, Gatti simply muscled his approach up over Napoli captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Amir Rrahmani to redirect the ball into the far nook.

It was Gatti’s third aim this season — greater than every other defender within the Italian league. He additionally scored a late winner in a 2-1 win at Monza per week in the past.

“Federico is an example for all of us,” Juventus captain Danilo mentioned. “He went through some tough times but he remained strong.”

Juventus took the lead in Serie A by one level over Inter Milan, which hosts Udinese on Saturday.

Napoli, which hasn’t scored in three of its final 4 Serie A matches, dropped 12 factors behind Juventus in fifth place.

Including a defeat at Real Madrid within the Champions League, Napoli has received one match and misplaced three since Walter Mazzarri changed Rudi Garcia as coach of the Partenopei.

Napoli dribbling wizard Khvicha Kvaratskhelia inexplicably missed an open take a look at the aim within the first half.

Having hit the submit earlier, Juventus ahead Dusan Vlahovic exited with an obvious damage later within the second half.

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