“I want to stay because I'm still young, and I wanted to win a Euro Cup and a World Cup. I have to wait for the time being for a World Cup, but I like this job and I want to reorganize with the boys.”
With these words, Roberto Mancini left behind any kind of rumor and confirmed that he will continue to lead the technical leadership of Italy despite the hard setback suffered at home against Macedonia, which deprived him of getting a ticket to the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The strategist has a contract with the Italian Football Federation until the end of the World Cup in Canada, the United States and Mexico.
In the run-up to this afternoon's friendly match against Turkey at the Torku Arena, the former coach of Fiorentina, Lazio, Inter, Manchester City, Galatasaray and Zenit at the club level advanced his plan ahead for the Nazionale. “How can this selection improve? We will include younger kids hoping they can have important experiences in their clubs because this is essential. We will work on this,” he warned.
The calendar for Azzurra marks important commitments in the short term. The closest will be on June 1, when at Wembley they face Argentina in the Finalissima, a commitment that puts the winner of the Copa America face to face with the winner of the European Cup. Then the group stage of the Nations League will begin, where it will share a zone with Germany, England and Hungary. Later will be the road to Euro 2024 and the World Cup, after being left out in the last two editions (he did not qualify for Russia 2018 either).
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, at the head of Mancini is the idea of betting on the 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 schemes and starting to give place to young people, so that several of the members of the “old guard” will start to have fewer minutes.
The newspaper, in addition to sliding the possible withdrawal of a historic such as Giorgio Chiellini (37), puts Leonardo Bonucci (34), Francesco Acerbi (34) or Ciro Immobile (32) on the roster of players who could have less interference.
On the other hand, the ones who should take a step forward are central scorer Alessandro Bastoni (22, Inter), midfielder Sandro Tonali (21, Milan), steering wheel Manuel Locatelli (24, Juventus) and striker Gianluca Scamacca (23, Sassuolo). Federico Chiesa (24, Juventus) will also be expected to return after suffering a cruciate ligament rupture or Nicolò Zaniolo (22, Roma) regains his best physical shape after suffering severe injuries to both knees.
Other names that appear in the coach's notebook are Calbe Okoli (20-year-old defender, whose pass belongs to Atalanta but plays for Cremonese), Matteo Lovato (22-year-old defender of Atalanta on loan from Cagliari), midfielder Davide Fratessi (22, Sassuolo), Volante Tommaso Pobega (22 years old, from Milan on loan in Torino), Samuele Ricci (20, from Empoli on loan in Torino), point Lorenzo Colombo (20, from Milan now in Spal), striker Andrea Pinamonti (22, from Inter in Empoli) and striker Wilfried Gnonto (18, Zurich from Switzerland).
On the other hand, Gabriele Gravina, president of the Italian Football Federation, publicly announced that they could bet on a series of tweaks to support the project, such as setting rules for teams to give minutes and spaces to young people of Italian nationality.
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