#W8NDERFUL - Wojciech Szczęsny

ByAlberto Maghini

Published 04:21, 19 Nov 2019

Never a hair out of place (just like Superman), the face of an actor and the timing to go with it – like when he plucks a high ball out of the air. How can you not like someone who, at his first press conference in Turin when asked about his faults, replied: “I am a Juve player. I don’t have any faults...”

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Presence, charisma, positioning: a great goalkeeper doesn’t have to use his hands to make a difference...

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Highlight of the year: saving Higuain’s penalty. A question of knowledge. “Last year I practised penalties with him. Then we studied him. I chose to go to that side because he usually goes that way. I hoped he wouldn’t change, and he didn’t...”