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R. Mancini extended his unbeaten streak of national teams to 25 in Vilnius and thus drew with Marcello Lippi, who brought the last World Champions Cup to the Apennine Peninsula in 2006.
In the weak first half, the Italians had a great advantage in ball control, but got stuck in the slimy Lithuanian defense and excelled in only a few more acute episodes in the home’s goal.
Both goals were scored by the LFF at the LFF stadium after the break: Stefano Sensi took the field just after the second half, and Ciro Immobile, the team’s attacking goal, scored an 11-meter penalty in the closing seconds of the second time.
Asked at the post-game press conference if he was not surprised by an equal result after the first half, the coach of the Italian team, Roberto Mancini, assured him that such a result did not surprise him.
“It was not strange, because all the games are difficult. In the first half the Lithuanians defended very well, they closed all the spaces, it was not easy to attack, we did not have many situations. The game was difficult because there are no easy games at this level” , emphasized the specialist.
He also added that his team needed time to adjust to the stadium floor.
“It was difficult to play on a surface like this, not only because it was artificial, but also because when we trained on Tuesday, it was raining and the ball was moving faster, and this time the grass was drier and the game changed,” he said. .
When asked to mention the essential differences between the two games, Mancini said that he had managed to introduce more dynamism in the second game, which also led to goals.
“The two halves were very different, the first was quite slow, in the second we played much better, we passed the ball faster and we had more situations. Maybe we could have scored more goals, but the game consisted of two very different parts.
We had many opportunities, if we won every game 2: 0, I would be happy. This is a good and positive result, and our players are quite tired in this part of the season, ”said the specialist.
In the next Group C match, Northern Ireland and Bulgaria met at the same time, breaking up scoreless.
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