The hero of Italy and the love triangle that involves him with another player :: Olé

Riccardo Calafiori built it and Mattia Zaccagni defined it. That play in the last minute of the game against Croatia He gave Italy the final 1-1 goal that secured its second place in Group B of the Euro Cup and the consequent classification to the round of 16 of the competition. Zaccagni, a 29-year-old forward for Lazio, was considered by the Italian media to be the savior of the Azzurra.

Zaccagni, substitute in the team led by Luciano Spalletti, arrives at this Euro Cup known for being part of a love triangle that also involves another Nazionale player, Nicoló Zaniolo, although he was not summoned by the coach for this tournament. Something like the Wanda Nara-Mauro Icardi-Maxi López case.

In May 2021, Zaccagni began dating Chiara Nasti, an Italian influencer. Shortly after, this young media woman announced that she was pregnant. Until then, nothing strange. The problem is that shortly before starting his relationship with the Lazio striker, Nasti had been a partner of Zaniolo, then a Roma striker.

And it didn’t take long for versions to appear in the media that Nasti had continued the relationship with her ex when she met Zaccagni. It was also said that he started dating the Lazio player when he was still with the Roma player. From there to suspecting who the father of his son was… And the Roma fans took advantage of the speculation to move forward in that direction. “Zaccagni’s son is from Zaniolo”, they sang in the stands. Song that Zaniolo himself sang in the celebrations after the Conference League title, in May 2022.

In November 2021, Nasti’s son was born. A few months later, she and Zaccagni were married in church. But the myth (and the damage) was already done.