Giorgio Chiellini is a winner, and the incident involving Arsenal and England international winger Bukayo Saka in the Euro 2020 final last night proved that.
Saka had got the better of the Italy international defender in a one-on-one and was about to embark on a dangerous run.
Juventus centre-back Chiellini knew that he would not be able to catch the 19-year-old winger if he went on that run.
So, what did Chiellini do?
He committed a foul by pulling Saka’s shirt and stopping him.
Former Sheffield United midfielder Curtis Woodhouse has praised Chiellini for what he did to Saka.
Woodhouse, a former Premier League player and retired boxer who won the British super-lightweight title in 2014, has made the following post on Twitter about the incident.
Chiellini is 36 now, but the Juventus legend was one of the best players at Euro 2020.
The veteran defender showed in the European Championship final against England what he is capable of.
Italy were arguably the better side, and many will say that they deservedly won the Euro 2020 finals.
Saka failed to convert the decisive penalty in the shootout, but the Arsenal winger had a very good European Championship, and so did England.
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