Everyone tends to misread him and compare him to Chiellini or the likes but in fact he is the Italian Sergio Ramos, just without the looks or the trophy cabinet to show for, but with same ability of being one game a beast in defense while in another few shortly after a complete donkey, but then erases all those negatives by scoring important goals upfront.
For a guy with his frame and coming from the lower leagues you'd think he'd be good at clearing a ball in the air and not letting it bounce, and not getting outmuscled by a guy half his size.