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Mancini: ‘Zaniolo-Scamacca, with them we can win the World Cup. Jorginho from Golden Ball, I consider Joao Pedro ‘| First page

All-around. Italy’s coach Roberto Mancini confessed to The Gazzetta dello Sport: “Switzerland did not ruin my Christmas. It was a splendid Christmas, as European champions. In January we will start thinking about what we have to do in March. Even if there is not much to think about. Playoffs? I think about it a few times. More than anything else I say to myself: but look what we threw away … It was enough to win the first leg match with Switzerland that we defeated. But I also think that during the qualifications and during the European Championship everything went well and there is something wrong with you sooner or later. Is football. In those cases, you need to do something more. We will do it in March “.

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“Gratitude is a rare commodity, even more in sport and even more in football. One game is enough to transform you from champion into crook. Normal. I’m sorry rather than the chaos of calendars, upset by Covid, with massed matches, world qualifiers , Nations League, more qualifiers … prevented us from fully enjoying the victory of the European Championship. We deserved it“.

DONNARUMMA – “Gigio is the best goalkeeper in the world. It seems so strange to me … I’m sorry you don’t play continuously because for a goalkeeper it is essential”.

CHIELLINI – “Giorgio has played a few, but what counts is that he played the right ones in the European Championship. I don’t think about Portugal, I am thinking of Macedonia. In 90 minutes matches, anything can happen.”

SPINAZZOLA – “For us he is a fundamental player. On the left he continues to attack and also manages to defend. He is a bit late compared to the expected recovery, but we are confident that he will be back on the pitch in February. He will therefore have a couple of months to go. arrive at us in excellent shape “.

JORGINHO – “Jorginho, for everything he did, deserved the Golden Ball: I’m convinced. An important player, fundamental for our game. I remember the penalty against Spain that brought us to the final, not the two wrong ones. And then I see that he continues to shoot and score from the spot… The problem does not exist “.

ZANIOLO – “Zaniolo can give a lot to Roma and the national team. It all depends on him: on his physical condition and on the continuity of play that he will be able to demonstrate. For me there has been no evolution, in the sense that his ideal role is the one in which I saw him for the first time in the Under 19 team: attack half wing. And that’s what, after all, it does now: it attacks and defends. Then he can play a little further back in 4-3-3 or a little further forward, as a second striker, as in Roma. But its characteristics are those: to attack, to defend. He’s certainly not an outsider. When he attacks, with the door in his face, it is devastating. ”

SCAMACCA – “In these three years we have had the guarantee of Immobile and Belotti and many young and growing youngsters, of good quality. Lately, yes, many are doing well. Scamacca for example has everything to become a complete center forward. He scores in every way: head, foot, close up, alder, he has physique and technique. At the last meeting I talked to him at length and explained to him where he can go with his potential. The same goes for Zaniolo: it all depends on him. From the continuity that it will be able to find. He’s young, he has to play a lot. From here to the playoffs he has three months ahead and three months, for a boy, that’s a lot. It can still grow a lot “.

JOÃO PEDRO – “It is not that we asked Joao Pedro to become Italian. He married an Italian woman, has a double passport, can be summoned. Just to consider it, it has great technical qualities. Then the call must be deserved, playing well. It applies to everyone. Let’s not forget that in recent years the number of Italian players has shrunk further than in the past. We dropped to 35%. The choice for the national team is also restricted. We will see what happens. There is nothing decided. I only received the communication that Joao Pedro can be called. I haven’t talked to him and I don’t know if anyone from the Federation has contacted him. We will see how we will be and who I will have available “.

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