Mancini: Italy must be rebuilt from the ruins
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On May 14, 2018, shortly after Italy lost to Sweden in the playoffs, Mancini was appointed coach. Although he has just won the 2020 European Cup, he has followed the same path. In the semi-final, Northern Macedonia lost 0-1 to Renzo Babella at Palermo's home, making Italy absent from the World Cup for the second consecutive time
Mancini said at a press conference on March 22nd: "Italy's joy at winning the European Cup has turned into a huge disappointment at not participating in the World Cup - the result was not worth it for us. Now we will start over from the ruins.".
Despite this, Italy still needs to participate in the European Cup qualifiers. Today's England game is a replay of the 2020 European Cup final, with Italy beating England 3-2 at Wembley. Mancini hopes Italy will continue to beat England in order to successfully start the qualifiers and set the goal of Euro 2024 He also set his ambition to win the European National League, with Italy playing Spain in the semi final on June 15th in Enschede. If they win, Italy will enter the final and meet another semi-final opponent between the Netherlands and Croatia
Mancini confirmed that Italy is likely to continue using the 4-3-3 system, which is very effective at the 2020 European Cup "We are playing against another team in the national league and we can still change. But with 4-3-3, we feel very comfortable, especially if we want to play actively.".
At the first meeting in 2023, Mancini was satisfied with the Italian midfielder, with Nicolo Barrela, Jorginho, Marco Velati, and Lorenzo Pellegrini participating in the 2020 European Cup. He is more worried about the striker and admits that "there may be significant changes" In this concentration camp, striker Ciro Imobil was injured, while Giacomo Raspadrori and Andrea Bellotti were not called up due to their poor roles in Napoli and Roma. Therefore, Mancini gave Mateo Retegui his first chance as a striker for Atletico Tigre in Argentina.
The 58 year old coach is looking forward to a tough game against one of the best teams in the world and has warned British fans. Mancini said, "They have extraordinary players, but we will strive to be right. For English fans, as long as they perform well in Italy, there will be no problem.".
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnaruma (Paris Saint Germain), Vladimiro Falcone (Lecce), Alex Meret (Naples), Ivan Provedel (Lazio)
Defenders: Francisco Assebi (Inter Milan), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Alessandro Bonciono (Turin), Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Naples), Federico Di Marco (Inter Milan), Alessio Romagnoli (Lazio), George Scarvini (Atlanta), Leonardo Spinazola (Rome), Rafael Troy (Atlanta).
Midfielders: Nicolo Bareira (Inter Milan), Brian Cristiano (Rome), David Fratti (Sassolo), Jorginho (Arsenal), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Rome), Matteo Pacina (Monza), Sandro Tonali (Milan), Marco Velati (Paris Saint Germain).
Forwarders: Domenico Belladi (Sasolo), Federico Ceza (Juventus), Wilfrid Gnoto (Leeds United), Vincenzo Grifford (Freiburg), Simone Pavendi (Udinese), Matteo Politano (Naples), Matteo Reteggi (Sporting Tigray), Gianluca Skamaka (West Ham).
