Coach Roberto Mancini in a press conference on the eve of the match against Turkey, spoke about his future: “Will I stay? I spoke to the president (Gravina ed) these days, we are aligned on everything. It’s nice, then we’ll talk about it in the next few days: now let’s think about this match, then calmly discuss the things to improve for the future, let’s start with a new cycle. “
JORGINHO, PROPERTY, INSIGNE VIA – “I forced them to leave because if we can do something for them and for the clubs we do it … They would not have played, some were not at their best physically. Some of them I forced them to go: Chelsea sent us Jorginho three days earlier did not let him play in the FA Cup. Even Florenzi and Politano, not at their best, I sent them back home because they would not have played. “
NON-QUALIFICATION – “It is useless to find explanations … We had to win the group with at least two points ahead of Switzerland. In Basel the match had to end 3-0, in Bulgaria it had to end in goal. The team has always played: it may have been more imprecise but this is football, things went wrong for us. But that’s it, useless to think or look for excuses. What happened has happened, we have to accept it. “
ANNOUNCEMENTS’ – “We will certainly include younger guys hoping they can have important experiences in their clubs because this is fundamental. We will work on this and see what the general situation will be.”
NEXT GOALS – “I still feel young. I wanted to win a European and a World Championship and for the latter I will have to wait a moment. I like this job and with the guys I want to reorganize something important. Apart from the disappointment, everything else goes on.”
ABOUT TURKEY – “I know the guys in the squad quite well, they were a bit younger when I was at Galatasaray. They are technically good players and with personality. Turkey has historically always had good players.”
These then the statements to Valerio Staffelli of “Strip the News”: “The Giant Tapir is more than deserved. I was confident, unfortunately sometimes things go wrong. But I’m not giving up: we’ll try again for the next World Cup “.
