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Mancini: 'I don't like the enlarged World Cup'

2023-04-03T19:06:55.952Z


'Matches should be decreased, instead they increase. Born in the national team? Argument without logic. We are positive and will try to win the Nations League (ANSA)


 "Do I like the enlarged World Cup? No, this way the games are increased even more, while I think we should try to decrease them, to give the players the opportunity to breathe once in a while, otherwise they'll get to a moment of the season when they're very tired".

Word of the national coach Roberto Mancini, on the sidelines of the presentation held in Rome of the renewal of the partnership between FIGC and TIM.

"The one about natives in the national team is a controversy without logic. Have you ever tried to make a list of Italian forwards who can be called up for the Azzurri? The players mustn't be disappointed, they must play and score goals, if they score them and they do well, we'll call them" .

This is what was said by the Italy coach, Roberto Mancini.

"It's not easier for us to call a player from the other side of the world.

"We will have several days to prepare for the Nations League, in June, we are positive about it. It is an important competition, there are all European teams, we have reached the final stage twice and we will try to win it. Many forget that in the Nations League we got through a group with Germany and England, it wasn't easy. The Nations League counts when we lose, when we win it doesn't count: I think we need a middle ground," concluded the blue coach.

"Is Balotelli a closed chapter in the national team? Yes, I think so. Gianluca Mancini? We made him debut in the national team when he was still at Atalanta, this means that we believe in the player, then choices were made but it's almost always been with us".

This is what was said by Roberto Mancini, coach of the


Source: ansa

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