'It would be amazing to win Nations League after Euro' – Mancini

European champions

Italy

and

Spain

will meet in the semi-final of the Nations League at San Siro on Wednesday.

The Azzurri have extended their unbeaten run to 37 games and are the favorites to add the Nations League to the European Championship.

“Spain were the team we struggled against most during EURO 2020. They are a good team with good players,”

Mancini

confessed to the

.

“It will be a good match. [Passing the ball on the ground is] something they are the best at. We didn’t have the time to master it at their level. It will be different this time.”

The Stadiums in Italy are still operating with 50 percent capacity due to Coronavirus restrictions.

“It would be amazing to win [the Nations League straight] after the European Championship and it would be amazing to qualify for the World Cup early, but it won’t be that easy.”

Italy won their second European Championship, after 1968, and the first major trophy since the 2006 World Cup.

“It was great, because we made many people happy, both young and old. So it was something for everybody. Something that made a lot of people happy, maybe also because of these times we have been living through. The fans have been enthusiastic, and we play to entertain people. It was a wonderful time,”

continued Mancini

.

“The best things about the EURO? Probably the relationship we created within the team. It was a group that worked together for 50 days and that’s not easy. They were hard, tiring [days], but there weren’t any issues. It was the chemistry and the love [between them all; that] isn’t something easy to obtain.”

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