Who is Rodri, the City midfielder who punished Inter and Italia- Corriere.it

The profile of a champion. In the case of Rodrigo Hernandez Cascante known as Rodri, not the social network profile, given that the Spaniard from City who knocked down Inter in Istanbul and was also decisive against Italy, doesn’t have them and never had them. But the statuesque profile of a 191 cm player who moves in the middle of the field without missing a move, a midfielder in full maturity (27 years in five days) without whom nothing would be possible for the Citizens, as Guardiola said , but also in the Roja.

After all, when four years ago the English hired him from Atletico Madrid by paying the 70 million clause, Pep had already said a lot, if not all: It will be an incredible purchase. Rodri has no tattoos, no earrings, has the classic halfback haircut, who can’t think of anything but the ball. The fluidity of the game has been his mantra since he was little – so little that Atletico in the youth team rejected him for his height, only to then buy him back for 20 million from Villarreal – and he bombarded the coaches with questions: I almost wanted to understand football anymore what fun.

The definitive electrocution, which pushes him to become a board pc and the heir of the great Busquets, capable of 93% passing accuracy under pressure in the Champions League, comes in front of the great Bara di Guardiola and Spain catch-all. But Rodri’s first idol, who grew up together with Theo and Lucas Hernandez in a small team on the outskirts of Madrid, was Zidane, also the one in the world final against the Azzurri: if the Spaniard wanted to avenge the legend, in five days between Turkey and Holland, succeeded with his shots from outside the area and a bit of luck.

Rodri is on fire was the anthem in the City dressing room, but he remained sober, with the Champions League in hand: The best four years for Rodri are not only those in the Premier League, but also those spent in the student residence where he lived at the time of Villarreal. And where he met Laura, an aspiring surgeon. There he graduated in management and business: For mental health and not to do one thing all his life. Even if it’s very high profile.