Italy coach Roberto Mancini recalled his difficult 2022 and shared his expectations for 2023.
"The sad year 2022 has ended. Very sad for me personally: the death of Synisha Mykhailovych, the illness of Gianluca Vialli. Such things strike at the very heart, with which you cannot do anything. There are still sports disappointments, but you can always fix them.
The New Year may not bring anything, but let it not take away, talking about sad things. If anything, bring back Chiesa and Giannolo to make this their year. After Euro 2020, I practically didn't have them, with them and the full squad we can really start to work well," Mancini was quoted as saying by La Gazzetta dello Sport.