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Sun 11 July 2021 | 23:00

Italy dominated against England - Mancini

The Italy boss was so emotional following their victory over England on the penalty shootout as they grabbed the Euro 2020 trophy. ‘We conceded straight away, but then dominated.’

Italy

’s battle against

England

ended with a 1-1 after 90 minutes as

Leonardo Bonucci

leveled the game and canceled

Luke Shaw

’s goal. They failed to score a winner in the extra-time at Wembley.

Gianluigi Donnarumma

pulled off two magnificent saves in the penalty shootout and Marcus Rashford hit the woodwork.

They did well. We conceded the goal straight away and struggled, but then dominated from there on in,”

Roberto Mancini told

RAI Sport

through tears.

“The lads are marvellous, I don’t know what more to say. It’s important for all the people and all the fans.”

The Azzurri manager insisted that his side should stick with their identity and have possession, which they delivered being surrounded by England fans.

“We are happy that we played well when winning the game. I hope the supporters are celebrating right now.”

Italy are the team that could not get qualification for the World Cup in 2018 but Mancini changed them for the better.

“We’re happy now, that’s all that matters.”


source: SportMob



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