Jorginho was glad to have shaken Piotr Zielinski by the time he secured a 1-1 draw for Italy at home to Poland in the Nations League.
Roberto Mancini's Italy were playing their first game since watching the 2018 World Cup from a distance and fell behind when in-form Napoli midfielder Zielinski profited from a Jorginho error and slammed home Robert Lewandowski's 40th-minute cross.
Zielinski had already drawn a sharp save from Gianluigi Donnarumma by that stage but his defensive work, seeking to disrupt former club colleague Jorginho's playmaking from deep, also caught the eye and irritated the recipient.