Euro 2020 Final: “The fact that we have reached this point, means we’re a strong side too,” Italy Coach Roberto Mancini

Italian National Team, UEFA EURO 2020

https://www.italiansoccerseriea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Anna_Italia_bigger.jpgBy Anna Italia
Follow me on Twitter ,
Facebook: Anna Italia Page
Instagram: annaitalia2
Italian Soccer Serie A

Italy – England
.

Italy Head Coach Roberto Mancini in the pre-conference ahead of the UEFA Euro 2020 Final on Sunday 11 July at Wembley Stadium in London, England at 21:00.   This is the final step towards the main objective which is to win the Euro 2020.   The task is a real challenge and the winner mental attitude is present.

On the game against England, Mancini said,  “I’m not worried, though maybe I will be tomorrow. We have a tough game ahead and we’ll have to concentrate on our own game and trying to carry out our game plan as best we can. We have these last 90 minutes to enjoy ourselves. We’ll try to do what we know we can do and what has got us to this point.”

Mancini knows that he has the chance to win a trophy that he never won as a player. “I had the chance to play for Italy and didn’t even manage to win the Under-21 Euros, which we would have deserved, nor the World Cup at Italia ’90. It’s a really important time for me and I hope to take some satisfaction from this, which I didn’t as a player – even if I played in a really strong side.” On 11 July 1982 in Madrid, Italy lifted their third World Cup title to the sky, and Mancini was wearing a jacket as an homage to that one worn 39 years ago by Enzo Bearzot: “I hope that this date can bring Italians luck a second time.”

Mancini: “We have these last 90 minutes to enjoy ourselves, we hope to hear our fans at full time”

 

England have reached  their first European final as an extremely solid outfit. They won their group with just two goals scored from open play, put up the defensive wall to get through the Round of 16 against Germany and fought hard to beat Denmark in the semi-final. Though they did romp past Ukraine in Rome in the quarter-final. The bookmakers have England as the slight favourite over Italy, who – for the first time in this tournament – are not the bookies’ favourites to win a match. “England are a strong team. They have some brilliant players and a lot of depth. But the fact that we have reached this point, means we’re a strong side too. Sterling? He’s so quick. He’s improved immeasurably and we’ll need to watch out for him. But all of their forwards are talented. They have so much pace and are good on the ball. ”The Italy players are, on average, slightly shorter than their English counterparts: “England are physically stronger than us but football is played with the ball on the ground and we hope to do this better than them. Sometimes, the smaller guy wins; it has happened in the past and I hope it can happen again tomorrow.”

Wembley will, this time, not be a sea of Azzurro, as it was for the Spain game. Instead, the crowd will do all they can to spur England on to the nation’s first-ever European championship: “I think it’ll be a great game in a full stadium and this is g

 


UEFA Euro 2020
Final

Italy – England
Sunday 11 July 2021
Wembley Stadium
London, England, UK

21:00

Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Reserve AR: Juan Yuste Jimenez (ESP)
VAR: Bastian Dankert (GER)
AVAR 1: Pol van Boekel (NED)
AVAR 2: Christian Gittelmann (GER)
AVAR 3: Marco Fritz (GER)
Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas (SCO)