Mancini’s advice to Spain

The Italian coach, Roberto Mancinithis Monday launched a notice to the Spanish team, where it will be measured in the semifinals of League of Nations on June 15, by assuring that he is “positive” about the competition and that his team will try to win it.

“We will have a few days to prepare it (League of Nations) and I am positive. It is an important competition, all the good teams in Europe will be there, we have reached the last two times and we will try to win”, declared the coach Rome.

“A lot of people forget that Italy went through a group with Germany and England, and it wasn’t easy,” he said.

Mancini He also addressed the issue of calling for Mateo Reteguiplayer born in Argentina but debuted with the full Italian in the last national team break, with a goal in the defeat against England (1-2) and another in victory over malt (0-2), something that generated a debate about nationalism in Italy.

“This is a polemic without logic. Have you ever tried to make a list of Italian strikers who could be called up for the ‘Azzurra’? (he told reporters). The players should not be disappointed, they should play and score of goals. If they do, and they do it well, we summon them”, he explained.

“For us it is not easy to call a player from the other side of the world. All national teams do this, but if we have the opportunity to call players who play in Italy we are happy,” he insisted.

The coach of the current champion of Europe is not in favor of the new format of World Cup 2026where there will be 48 teams: “I don’t like it, so the games keep increasing while I think they should try to reduce them to give the players a chance to breathe from time to time, otherwise, there will come a time when the weariness is very tired”.

He also closed the door on the possible return of Mario Ballotelli while he was a coach: “I think it’s great Ballotelli It’s a closed chapter,” he said.