The blue coach can no longer make mistakes: “The goal will come, let’s not go looking for the culprits”
Win. Imperative, without appeal. Against Lithuania at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia, theItaly by Roberto Mancini must get the three points in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. After the draws against Bulgaria and Lithuania in which the Azzurri created a lot and achieved very little, the national team can no longer afford missteps: “I’m not worried, the goal will come but we don’t have to look for the culprits”. The errors of Immobile: “It’s not a problem for me, it reminds me a bit of how Balotelli was treated”.
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“Sensi is fine, he had a problem at the beginning of the week and we had put him on the sidelines and now he is fine – began Mancini -. Bernardeschi? It can be games, he is a cool player. Going back to the latest performances, I don’t worry too much. Psychologically the boys have to feel great, they have won the European Championship and they have to play calmly. Unfortunately the ball doesn’t go in sometimes, and we in Italy let’s go find a culprit of everything. But we have to isolate ourselves a little from this and do certain things a little better and the team has to keep doing what it does and Immobile the same. The goal will come “.
For the match against Lithuania in the advanced department, something could also change from a tactical point of view: “In the meantime we must win, if we win tomorrow we will recover points. Having said that, we could also reach the goal difference if we reach equal points. But we have three games, if we win all three we are qualified. Tomorrow’s race will not be easy, they are physical and they will get behind. It will be up to us to unlock it and then manage it in the best possible way. “The false nine hypothesis is not to be discarded:” We have many solutions, we just have to evaluate the players’ tiredness because we need fresh players. “
It will once again be the group, according to Mancini and not only, to be able to make a difference: “Three years ago everyone, even my friends, thought there was no player from the national team. We got together and we won the European Championship. We are calm, we are only sorry for having lost four points that it was not right to lose them. But a bit of luck helped us during the European Championship and now a bit of luck put us at a disadvantage. Now we know we have to win the next three. In the meantime, we believe in it. “
But while Immobile he started the championship with goals, the limits – and the criticisms – in the national team are evident again: “I seem to have returned to Mario Balotelli … – commented Mancini -. I have no problem with Ciro, we won the European and he was always a starter. I don’t see a big problem. He always scored, maybe he scores 8 goals in the World Cup and we will win the World Cup. This team has broad shoulders to bear criticism. “
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