Willy Gnonto, from national to high school: “I was more relaxed against Germany”

Talking about Maturity and footballers comes to mind the bad case of a few years ago. Gigio Donnarumma he took the exam a year late, choosing to go to the Balearics. He didn’t do the same Willy Gnonto. Born in 2003, from Verbania, he made his debut with the Azzurri in the second half of the Uefa Nations League match against Germany on June 4 in Bologna. Ten days later he scored, again for Germany, and became the youngest ever scorer for the national team.

On June 22, no ball, but a bottle of water and the case for the first written test of the final exams. Willy Gnonto, former Inter Milan, now under the Zurichdid his writing in Italian in Busto Arsizio at the Marco Pantani high school, attended in the past also by the swimmer Nicolò Martinenghi, world champion in Budapest in the 100 breaststroke, and by the Milan defender Matteo Gabbia, fresh from the Scudetto.

“I did track B2, the one on the music, I think it went pretty well. It wasn’t a walk but once the ice broke I went off pretty smoothly, let’s hope, “she told reporters who were waiting for him. More difficult for Germany to score or write the theme? «Well, everyone asks me, but I always answer that they are two different things. Let’s say that during the match with the national team against Germany maybe I felt a bit more relaxed ».

Now his math test, but his favorite subject is the Latin. He was in classical high school, but he had to move because of his career as a sportsman. «They called me the Latin player of the goal: I did three years of classical high school. I liked”. His father told Corriere della Sera about his farewell to classical studies: «He has always been very studious, but he left classical high school because he was unable to combine study with training. He used to carry his books in his car, on the way between Baveno and Appiano, eating sandwiches ». His father brought him the books to study for the retirement exam with the national team.

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