On the eve of the European Championship, it was frankly strange not to hear Ciro Immobile’s name mentioned with more regularity when listening to the debates about who the favourites are for the tournament’s top scorer crown.
Not too far from the Stadio Olimpico, at his home near Formello, the Lazio striker has a European Golden Shoe that one can imagine him confusing for one of the controllers for his beloved PlayStation. Immobile scored 36 goals to win that accolade in the 2019-20 season, equalling the single-season record in Serie A that went unbroken for more than 60 years until Gonzalo Higuain set a new standard in 2016.
