Mancini Criticized Di Francesco and Spalletti

DBasia.news – AS Roma coach Eusebio Di Francesco and FC Internazionale Luciano Spalletti got criticized from Italy national team coach, Roberto Mancini. Specifically, he highlighted the lack of playing time of Lorenzo Pellegrini and Bryan Cristante in Roma this season. Also, Robert Gagliardini in Inter.

In fact, three of them are the backbones of Gli Azzurri’s central line. With the minimum playing time at the club level, the player’s enhancement will be bothered.

“Midfield is an area where we have some problems today because of the poor use of the likes of Pellegrini, Cristante, Gagliardini, and others,” Mancini said.

Mancini did call many young players during the team preparation against Poland and Portugal in UEFA Nations League. Some names are debutants like Nicolo Zaniolo, Pietro Pellegri, and Nicolo Barella.

Mancini emphasized once again the lack of local players in Italy Serie A. In fact, he believed their talents are comparable to the foreign players. Due to this reason, he chose to call many young players for the playing chance at the club level.

“In the past, players of his age were already playing for big clubs and that ought to be the case today. It happens abroad,” Mancini revealed.

In this opportunity, Mancini expressed his optimism that Italy could play the UEFA Nations League with three points.

“I’m convinced that we’ll do well. The important thing is that we become a team as soon as possible because there are only three or four players in the world who can win games on their own,” said the former Inter and Zenit St Petersburg coach.