''I wouldn't talk about the rebirth of Italian football because there are three of our teams in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, it would be like this if there were 33 Italian players in Napoli, Milan and Inter, in Milan, Napoli and Inter, but since it cannot be so half of it would be enough''.
This is the alarm raised by a disconsolate Roberto Mancini on the first day of the national team's meeting in Coverciano, to prepare for the first European qualifying matches against England and Malta.