Luca Toni. Remember him? The expression in the photo should jog your memory. It followed pretty much every attempt on goal he had in an Italy shirt in recent years.
After moving to Genoa this pre-season from Bayern Munich he has his sights set, once again, on playing for the Azzurri. My opinion is that he has missed his opportunity. His dire performance at Euro 2008 put the nail in the coffin that was his Azzurri career. Surely!
He is one of a string of Italian forwards that just seem to choke at national level. Players like Toni, Di Natale, Iaquinta have all under performed miserably for Italy in recent times. Think back to Vieri, Inzaghi and Del Piero when the goals used to flow in and their failure just becomes more amplified.
Italy have a string of forwards waiting in the wings for their chance in this Prandelli era. My feeling is that Toni has had his chance and blown it.
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