ZACCAGNI AND DONNARUMMA: THE SAVIORS OF ITALY “LA ZACCAGNATA”. It will go down in history as “the Zaccagni miracle.” That is, the miracle goal by Lazio’s Mattia Zaccagni, assisted by Calafiori, practically beyond the brink of elimination. It was the 98th minute of Croatia-Italy, in the last action of the match, when we were essentially … Leggi tutto The Incredible Zaccagni Miracle in Heart-Stopping Italy: The Azzurri National Team Advances to the Round of 16 at the Last Second Against Croatia After Risking Elimination. Zaccagni scored the miracle goal in the 98th minute after Modric first had a penalty saved by Donnarumma and then immediately scored the goal that nearly knocked us out. Do you remember the famous “Sacchi’s Luck” from USA ’94? Well, perhaps it’s time to update Gene Gnocchi’s biblical sports press citation to “Spalletti’s Luck.” In short, we’re through by the skin of our teeth and now we’re off to face Switzerland. We’re moving forward playing worryingly poorly, but we’re already in the game, so it’s basically going to be a roll of the dice…