{"id":294369,"date":"2023-11-18T19:24:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T19:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=294369"},"modified":"2023-11-18T19:24:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T19:24:04","slug":"jorginho-must-stop-taking-penalties-insists-italy-world-cup-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/jorginho-must-stop-taking-penalties-insists-italy-world-cup-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorginho must stop taking penalties insists Italy World Cup winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Jorginho must &#8216;bow down&#8217; and stop taking penalties insists former Italy World Cup winner who slams the Arsenal midfielder&#8217;s latest missed spot-kick and insists &#8216;enough is enough&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Italian missed a fourth consecutive spot-kick for Italy on Friday evening<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Italy World Cup winner Beppe Bergomi has told Jorginho to stop taking penalties<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>England will struggle to win a trophy with Kalvin Phillips &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jorginho has been told to &#8216;bow down&#8217; and accept that he is no longer up to taking penalties after missing a fourth successive penalty for Italy.<\/p>\n<p>The Arsenal and Italian midfielder was given spot-kick responsibility in Italy&#8217;s 5-2 victory over North Macedonia on Friday evening, but watched his effort saved from 12-yards.<\/p>\n<p>Jorginho was once one of Europe&#8217;s best penalty takers having only missed four penalties prior to Jordan Pickford&#8217;s heroic save for England in the Euro 2020 final at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p>He has since missed as many efforts since then and Friday&#8217;s tame effort was another poor attempt that sees him eclipse\u00a0the record set by former Inter and Juventus striker Alessandro &#8216;Spillo&#8217; Altobelli in 1986.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Jorginho has been told by Italy&#8217;s\u00a01982 World Cup winner Beppe Bergomi that he should concede his penalty responsibilities after his latest denial that was saved by\u00a0Stole Dimitrievsk.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/17\/77967099-12765575-image-a-10_1700327633423.jpg\" height=\"461\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jorginho missed his fourth consecutive penalty for Italy against North Macedonia on Friday evening<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/17\/77967103-12765575-image-a-11_1700327636746.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jorginho&#8217;s tame effort was saved by North Macedonia goalkeeper\u00a0Stole Dimitrievsk<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Jorginho&#8217;s unique penalty style of producing a hop mid run-up used to make goalkeepers commit to one side before the ball was struck, however, his unconvincing strikes have since left much to be desired.<\/p>\n<p>Bergomi criticised Italy head coach Luciano Spalletti&#8217;s decision to stand by Jorginho and slammed the midfielder by insisting &#8216;enough is enough&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;With all due respect, Jorginho has to bow down to the evidence here and admit penalties are no longer for him,&#8217; he told\u00a0Sky Sport Italia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That style of taking spot-kicks just does not work anymore and today we got confirmation beyond doubt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We can appreciate his character and mental strength in going up there again, but I&#8217;d say now enough is enough. He has to go to the coach and say let someone else take the next one,&#8217; said Bergomi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/17\/77968263-12765575-image-a-24_1700329821115.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Italy World Cup winner Beppe Bergomi has told Jorginho to stop taking penalties<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/17\/77967117-12765575-image-a-12_1700327676239.jpg\" height=\"453\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jorginho has been backed to continue taking spot-kicks for Italy despite his struggles<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately Jorginho&#8217;s miss didn&#8217;t stop Italy from moving one step closer to qualifying for the Euros taking place in Germany next year with victory over North Macedonia.<\/p>\n<p>A draw in their next game against Ukraine would be enough for Italy to qualify, but Spaletti was full of praise for Jorginho.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Jorginho should be congratulated [for his performance]. He did not angle the ball very well but the goalkeeper made a good save,\u2019 Spalletti said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He remains a special penalty taker for Italy. I told him that he will take the next penalty as well and he said yes.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12765575\/Jorginho-penalties-Italy-World-Cup-winner-miss.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jorginho must &#8216;bow down&#8217; and stop taking penalties insists former Italy World Cup winner who slams the Arsenal midfielder&#8217;s latest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jorginho must stop taking penalties insists Italy World Cup winner - Sports Love Me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/jorginho-must-stop-taking-penalties-insists-italy-world-cup-winner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jorginho must stop taking penalties insists Italy World Cup winner - Sports Love Me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jorginho must &#8216;bow down&#8217; 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