Roberto Mancini puts Giorgio Chiellini on the Italy bench by accident because he was not wearing glasses | Football news

Mancini: “It was my fault. They showed me the line-up, I didn’t have my glasses on and they just said I was fine.”

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Roberto Mancini left defender Giorgio Chiellini on the bench by accident in Italy’s League of Nations draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the former Manchester City manager took the blame for not wearing glasses.

Mancini’s team drew 1-1 in their first match in Group One of League A, ending a streak of 11 consecutive victories, with veteran Juventus central defender Chiellini being left out of the starting eleven in favor of Lazio. Francesco Acerbi.

Italy won all 10 qualifying matches for Euro 2020, as well as a friendly against the United States for the longest winning streak in their history, which came to an end on Friday night when Edin Dzeko, a former Mancini forward at City , secured a point for visitors.

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Speaking after the game, Mancini strangely revealed that he left the 36-year-old Chiellini on the bench by accident because he was not wearing his glasses and could not correctly read the team sheet before the game.

“It was my fault,” Mancini said in a report from Soccer Italy. “They showed me the lineup, I didn’t have my glasses on and I just said it was okay. I didn’t notice Acerbi was there instead of Chiellini.”

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The 55-year-old said Chiellini would now start Italy’s Nations League match against the Netherlands on Monday, live on Sky Sports Premier League starting at 7:45 p.m.

“Anyway, we had originally planned for Acerbi to play one game and Chiellini another,” Mancini added. “I had asked Giorgio if he wanted to play today or Monday with the Netherlands, he said today, but we will have to change it now.

“It’s not that we chose a goalkeeper over a defender, it’s not a big difference, but yeah, it was a mistake.”

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