The coach promotes Bernardeschi: «He will come with us». For the third goalkeeper? “There is the Cragno-Meret ballot”
CAGLIARI. Mancini is all in all satisfied. The blue coach was generous with advice in a match with a foregone conclusion «After half an hour we played better, we were more aggressive, faster in passing and the important thing was this, more than the result. Bernardeschi took us to the European Championships, it is not in doubt. Kean took a beating in the boot and I replaced him. We have a couple of doubts, we will resolve them ». Mancini has clear ideas. “I saw what I wanted to see, Someone put me in difficulty for the summons, but they were doubts that I had already had for some time.”
On Bernardeschi, yesterday the best on the field, this is the comment of the coach: «He has always done well with us and helped us to qualify. We have nothing to say about his performances and he is a certainty for the next European Championship. The posro in the lusta for this boy is there. Kean did very well this year at PSG and he is an important player for us. There are a couple of choices left to make that put us in difficulty ». And one of these concerns Cragno. We will know tomorrow.
The technical commissioner explained to the Under 21 team on Raspadori. “He has done well in the past three months in particular. We promised the Under 21 team and he will go to Portugal to play. We hope that everything goes well and then we will decide on his eventual call-up ».
Among the protagonists yesterday also Leonardo Bonucci, who crossed the finish line of 100 appearances in blue: «There are teams – said the Juventus player -, a step above us, but we want to make a great European. After a year and a half breathless, this week in Sardinia between work and vacation has produced the right effect, restoring our enthusiasm and desire to be together. Now we will focus on an event in which we want to be protagonists ».
Federico Bernardeschi, promoted by Mancini can only be happy with the words of the coach. «I thank the coach, he has always given me confidence and I have fun with him. And when you have fun, the qualities come out. Here they make me risk the bet, I feel freer. Then, the quality of the blue group is very high and it is not easy for the coach to choose. We have been doing well for two years and a great job, Mancini has created a beautiful group. We are good together and regardless of who will go to the European Championship, I am sure that Italy will do well ».
Mattteo Pessina also among the protagonists, with a brace: «It is not this match that changes things, even if I found my first goals for the Azzurri. I don’t want to stop, I know I can do much more ». (rm)