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KOMPAS.com – The opening match of Group A of the UEFA Nations League saw the Italian team host Bosnia Herzegovina.
The Italy vs Bosnia match will be presented at Artemio Franchi Stadium on Saturday (5/9/2020) at 01.45 WIB.
The coach of the Italian team, Roberto Mancini, highlighted the two objectives of his team to participate in international leagues in Europe, that is, to increase its position in the FIFA ranking and reach the final.
“Our hope is to start over after we finished ten months ago and people will continue to follow us,” Mancini said on the official website of the federation of Italian national teams.
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“We have done well so far, but there is still room for improvement in all technical and tactical aspects.”
“We train every day to improve,” he continued.
Mancini very much regrets the current conditions in the league, where there can be no spectators in the stadium.
However, for him health is the main thing. Furthermore, Italy had become the epicenter of the corona virus on the European continent.
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“Of course it would be a bit sad. I was there when the crowds were off-limits, but only occasionally.”
“Keeping playing in an empty stadium is not very fun,” he explained.
“In sports in general, not just soccer, players do it to entertain, to make people happy,” said Roberto Mancini.
“We can probably do something else now, I hope the fans can come back as soon as possible.”
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Regarding the objective, he explained that he wanted to enter the top ten of the FIFA ranking. While Italy is currently in 12th place.
As for the question of reaching the final because the head game will be played in Italy. Mancini doesn’t want his team to be just spectators.
You can watch the match between Italy vs Bosnia and Herzegovina in the UEFA Nations League live broadcast.
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