The only certain thing, on the eve of this England-Italy Nations League, is that it will not be the rematch of last year’s Eurofinal: it was made clear by Gareth Southgate, home coach, Roberto Mancini said at a press conference. , selector of the Azzurri and helmsman of the new course. The very young tournament conceived by UEFA is the ideal stage for a national team that must be almost completely refounded and that must wash away the shame of the double exclusion from the final phase of the World Cup. It’s time to dig deep and, if necessary, scrape the barrel, there is time for the results. Unless, as Mancini says, “if you get to the return match at San Siro in first or second position in the group, and with qualification up for grabs, some players will return first. However, many of them will be useful for the qualifications for the final phase of the European Championship. From the mix between these youngsters and the European champions a good team will come out “.
Also because, the objectives do not change. “In football anything can happen – the words of ‘Mancio’ – we must focus on young people, we must try to win the European Championship and the World Cup in 2026”. The fact remains that against “England it will be tough, like all the games in which you play against these opponents”. For this reason, Mancini confesses, “I have not yet decided who will play, we’ll see after tonight’s training. This applies to Gnonto and the others, especially those who have played two games in a row. If we managed not to upset the team it would also be better, in some roles it is not possible, because in three days we will play. Compared to last year’s match, this is not a final. Furthermore, we do not play at Wembley and we will do it behind closed doors “.
The future is today and “anticipating this cycle would have been impossible – adds the Azzurri coach -, we won the European Championship and exactly after a month and a half we returned to the field. That was the team with which we had started qualifying for the World Cup: apart from Chiellini and Bonucci, they are all boys under 30 and not older than 32-33 “.
If it were for Mancini, all the players called “I would make them debut”. Finally, the coach sends a message to Rino Gattuso, coach of Valencia in Spain since yesterday: “I want to say good luck to him, because a ridiculous situation was being created around him. He starts again from Valencia, I am convinced that he will do it. great things. Yes, I know, it’s not a theme with the national team, nor with tomorrow night’s match, but I wanted to say it. “
Sandro Tonali, in the meeting with the journalists, admitted that he did not want to feel “at this moment a leader, because it is a delicate moment. We need to be united, not only for me, but for the youngest who come in blue the first few times . We must make everyone feel within this project, everyone must feel part of the group “.
Source: Ansa
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