Mancini: 'Rebirth of Italy'

By Football Italia staff

Roberto Mancini wants his Italy to represent “rebirth” and insisted Calcio philosophy was in some ways more successful than Brazil.

The Azzurri boss named his first squad for friendlies against Saudi Arabia, France and the Netherlands.

“I think Italy are still a football superpower, as we have 50 million Coaches…” smiled Mancio during the Kick-Off event at Coverciano.

“I am always very positive in general, even if people say Italy no longer has as much talent. We had perhaps too much talent all together when we won the World Cup, but now we just need to give them time to grow and develop, keep the faith towards a good future.

“I think that we can find the rather path for the Nazionale. Our football philosophy took us to win four World Cups and lose three Finals.

“Perhaps we’ve done better than Brazil all things considered, as we played more Finals, even if we could never play as well as them, or like Spain in recent years.

“From great disappointment, we can see immense triumphs rise up. In difficult moments that is when Italy found their pride and these players must take us back to the top of the world, where we deserve to be.

“I want this to be the Italy of rebirth.”

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