The blue coach: “We must remain in the top seven of the ranking”. Then on young people and on Balotelli
“Sunday’s game with the Belgium is critical. We must remain in the top seven of the ranking for the World Cup draws. “The coach of the National Roberto Mancini keeps his guard up ahead of the final for third place Nations League against Belgium. Then he returns to the defeat in the semifinals against Spain: “The attitude was not wrong. Obviously we are sorry after 37 games with useful results but sooner or later it would have happened”.
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On the grafts of young players in the blue group, such as Lorenzo Lucca of Pisa: “Many times we would have liked to call much younger players but we know that there is also the Under 21 team who must qualify in their group so sometimes we reluctantly leave players young people – he continued Mancini intervened at the Trento Sports Festival – Of course, just bringing them, putting them in the group, and making the players with more experience known can only improve but this is sometimes not possible with games that overlap as in these days. We will see but there will be a sure opportunity. Having had an extra year to prepare for the European Championship has allowed players, especially the younger ones, to play more with their teams. And, therefore, to improve. Locatelli is the example “.
On a possible return in blue of Mario Balotelli: “He is 31 years old, so it depends on him. The doors are open to everyone and no one has ever been forgotten, we evaluate all the positions that can do well for the team.”
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