DBasia.news – TThe Group 3 UEFA Nations League match between Italy national team against Portugal at San Siro, Sunday, ended draw with no goal. Despite the goalless situation, Roberto Mancini learned the positive lesson from his squad’s performance.
Playing in front of their public, Italy dominated the match. Moreover, statistically, Gianluigi Donnarumma and friends won the ball possession to 70 percent.
Meanwhile, regarding the possibility, Azzurri created 15 chances, 3 of them met the target. Meanwhile, the away team created 9 efforts.
After the match, Mancini is delighted Italy could dominate the match. However, the former Inter Milan coach considered Italy national team still have some weaknesses.
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“What matters most in football is scoring goals. We must improve in terms of taking our chances,” Mancini said cited by FourFourTwo.
“We dominated Portugal and then the decline in the second half was due to us getting tired physically. That was only to be expected, as we cannot play in their half for the full 90 minutes,” Mancini revealed.
“But it is a step forward compared to the Poland game (a 1-0 win last time out in the Nations League), as Portugal are superior to Poland and we controlled the game throughout,” the coach emphasized.
“We tried to play for a result and also give valuable experience to the younger players,” Mancini mentioned.
With the result, Portugal are still leading the table with 7 points from 3 matches. Meanwhile, Italy are the runner-up with 5 points from 4 matches.