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    Nicolo ZANIOLO

    Oct 01, 2021 4 minutes
    Paddy Agnew

    Roma

    When Italy coach Roberto Mancini reassembled his Azzurri squad at the end of August for the first time since this summer’s spectacular Euro 2020 victory, he inevitably offered a number of reflections about the way forward. As Italy prepared to defend their 34-match unbeaten run in September World Cup qualifiers against Bulgaria, Switzerland and Lithuania respectively, Mancini had this to say: “Anyone who played for us in the last three years should count themselves European champions, even if they didn’t make it into the final squad”.

    Clearly, the former Internazionale, Lazio and Manchester City manager was thinking of players like Moise Kean of Juventus and Gianluca Mancini of Roma, dropped in the final pre-tournament

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