News from the rival camp of the Ukrainian national team in the qualifying group Euro 2024. Roberto Mancini, head coach of the Italian national team, told about the attitude of his team to the beginning of Euro qualifying and in particular to the match of the first round of selection - against England, which will be held today in Naples.
Roberto Mancini"I think the England team is one of the best teams in the world. It has a list of outstanding players. We have a tough game ahead of us. However, I think everyone knows even without my words that this game cannot be easy.
As for us, we went from the great feeling of winning Euro 2020 to the great disappointment of not getting to the 2022 World Cup. But I think soccer is like life sometimes: it's a little tough. In soccer, just like in life, sometimes things happen that you don't deserve. That's how the Italian team didn't deserve to miss the last World Cup.
But at the same time, we managed to reach the final stage of the League of Nations twice. It may not seem to matter, but it does.
As for our failure to qualify for the World Cup, we can't say that the team was bad. It was just an unfortunate confluence of circumstances and factors. Including our mistakes. But in any case, now we are starting all over again and have already forgotten about the disappointment: we have a new goal," Mancini said on Wednesday at the press conference for the Italy-England match.
