Want to leave again.
After the heavy defeat against Argentina, Italy aims to relaunch tomorrow evening against Germany in Bologna (live on Rai1 at 8.45 pm, 21,000 tickets sold out of the 27,000 capacity), before the four Nations League matches scheduled by half June.
Roberto Mancini announced a revolution: '' How many changes will I make compared to Wednesday?
Also 20 out of 20 '' said the coach.
You want for the many important defections, or for the non-optimal conditions of some owners against Messi and teammates (from Bonucci to Belotti) the starting line-up should only see the reconfirmation of Donnarumma, while in defense the central pair will be formed by Acerbi and Bastoni , external Florenzi and Spinazzola, in the median Pellegrini, Cristante and Tonali, forward Politano and Pellegrini in support of Scamacca.
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'In football, to win you have to score' 'recalled Mancini, raising the problem that is afflicting the national team which has remained dry in three of the last four games, including the one they lost against Macedonia in March, which cost them access to the World Cup.
"We only have Belotti and Immobile who have given so much and now they are not physically well, then there is little - he admitted - There is Scamacca who scored in the last championship but played few games at an international level and this weighs heavily. give young people the chance to play and gain experience. The hope is that those who play in Serie B will soon be able to do so in the top flight. If I expect more help from the clubs? we will find solutions on our own. '' Compared to when he hired
assignment at the helm of Italy - tomorrow, in the stadium where he did not even make his seventeen-year-old debut in Serie A, he will hit the finish line of the 50 blue benches - the task seems more tiring: '' The road promises to be more uphill.
Four years ago there were players who had never played together but once assembled with an idea they turned out to be extraordinary.
Now not all players who have played in Serie A and have very little international experience.
It will therefore take some time and patience.
Against Argentina we paid for the absence due to injury of many players, our opponents were better, they were fresher, but in the last three and a half years this is perhaps the only time we have found a team that has put us down.
It takes time - reiterated the coach - We don't make up the players and we know we will have to suffer.
But we must and we want to restart and rediscover the magic of the European Championship.
New cycle in September?
No now.
And many of those players who had to leave us because they were physically undone, have given so much in recent years - said Mancini, referring to Verratti, Jorginho, Emerson, Insigne, Bernardeschi - will still help us thinking about the young people to be integrated ''.
If anything, what surprised the coach was the forfeit of Lazio Zaccagni and Lazzari: "I was surprised, they were fine, then they said they had problems and so we sent them home".
The Azzurri finished in Coverciano from where, tomorrow morning, after the official announcement of the squad list at UEFA, they will reach Bologna.
Want to leave again.
The national team and its fans are asking for nothing else.
'' I still feel confident, even though I know how things are in football - Mancini winked - when you win everything is perfect, when you lose you have everyone against ''.
Certainly the climate is one of strong disappointment: '' It is not for the defeat on Wednesday but for the other one ''.
The reference is obviously to the one with Macedonia that cost the World Cup.
'' Now we just need to roll up our sleeves and find solutions, we will certainly not distort our principles: quality, speed, personality ''.
And to those who asked about a hypothetical repechage he replied as always: '' If it happens we go there, of course, we are the first team in the non-qualified ranking and winner of the European Championship.
But it has rarely happened, I think of Denmark for the