Sandro Tonali far from ‘perfect’ on second debut as Newcastle better off without him
August 29, 2024 2024-08-29 6:28Sandro Tonali far from ‘perfect’ on second debut as Newcastle better off without him
Sandro Tonali far from ‘perfect’ on second debut as Newcastle better off without him
Introduction: Sandro Tonali
It was 308 days between Sandro Donaly’s
12th appearance for Newcastle and his 13th
when the £55m midfielder made his long-awaited

return from a long-awaited ban in Wednesday’s
League Cup clash with Nottingham Forest.
Coach Eddie Howe said earlier this week that
missing out on most, Donally felt “everyone
has to repay the faith they put in us” in a camp
usually reserved for players returning from long-term
layoffs. in it.” In his first racing season,
the Italian felt like a second debutant for the Magpies.
In the first game he was nicknamed “Tonari”
out of the goodwill of Newcastle fans, and fans’
concerns about the high transfer fee quickly disappeared.
Alan Shearer said in Match of the Day:
The first game couldn’t have been better.
The first game couldn’t have been better.
“It was a great performance in midfield: the goals,
the assists, the tackles, the length of his passes,
the late runs into the box, his timing was perfect
in almost everything, he hung on, he was really good,
Geordie in the crowd .” with an appearance like that?
Tonali scored six minutes into his debut and
almost scored Newcastle’s second three minutes
after his return at the City Ground.
Ultimately he failed to get the best of Forest’s
porous defense, but he parried Alexander Isak’s
pass with a routine run from midfield and
scored Forest’s impressive but nervy new goal.
The 1.80m Brazilian, a £3.3m signing from Corinthians, looks more like a mercurial character than an ideal goalkeeper and was not proud of his Forest career 18 seconds after seeing Isak’s spot-kick. Joe Willock’s route soon had to be replaced by Bruno Guimarães due to another injury. Bad grass.
Don’t overestimate Donaly’s role in the goal, as the commentators could have played a ten-yard pass to Almiron yer da, which he should have been able to access, as he also wanted to get into the penalty area. A few minutes later he invited us to have a second acquaintance, as detailed as the first.