Lazio, Immobile: "My Golden Shoe, Incredible. Abroad? I had bad luck ”

An incredible season, including the fourth place and the consequent qualification for the Champions League with Lazio. For Ciro Immobile, the past year is one that he will never forget, especially for the 36 goals in Serie A that allowed him to equal Higuain's record and win the European Golden Shoe. About this award, the striker born in 1990 has this to say to France Football: “If I look at the hall of fame I read the names of Messi and Ronaldo alternating, interrupted only by a champion like Suarez in 2016. To see my name among them it's incredible". "In a year in which the Ballon d'Or was not awarded, the Golden Shoe has a different value. I know they are different Awards depending on different factors, but I came above someone like Lewandowski who could win the Ballon d'Or this year. For us attackers this award is worth a lot "continued Immobile, speaking of the first person to congratulate him for the Golden Shoe:" Zeman (with whom he won the Serie B as top scorer at Pescara) was the first to call me. 'Tell me how do you play and attack with this strength?' he told me".
Parenthesis then on his adventures abroad before Lazio: "At Borussia Dortmund I could have done more, but it was Klopp's last year and it was an unlucky season. The whole team was doing badly. At Sevilla then I didn't have the chance to express myself at my best, I was always on the bench even when I didn't deserve it. I went through a complicated period with Emery. Verratti? He is a PSG leader but he is an exception, given that many other Italians like me have struggled abroad. I don't know why, maybe we adapt less and we need more time ”. “One of my idols is Trezeguet, with whom I worked at Juve. In the penalty area he made impressive plays, he scored in any way. But I began to understand football also thanks to Vieri, Filippo Inzaghi, Toni and Gilardino at the 2006 World Cup. Italy had many strong forwards" concluded Immobile.