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I don’t think Retegui has been in Italy before this 😆
 

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When was the last time Mancini had this team look impressive? My god.
 

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Total disaster. Mancini has lost the plot comopletely. Italy can't create anything but is vulnerable for counters and fast attacks all the time. Just like Inzaghi's Inter.
 

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First Inter vs Juve and now this :palm:
 

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Finally something positive!
 

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Acerbi and Toloi as starting CB’s in 2023 is hilarious :lol:

Mancini doesn’t have much talent to work with at the moment but he’s surely digging his own grave. Conte is salivating.
 

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First half England should be their nickname from now.
 

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Take aways: Play the whole game Italy not just a half same for England. Italy without Chiesa, the attack is weak. Moreover, Grealish is crap, Pickford is average and this refereeing squad today was bad. Lastly, Mancini and Southgate are not going to take their teams to the promised land.
 
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Malta is that really good losing to Macedonia 2:1?
 

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Nice finish by the new argentine kid. How did he play overall?
 

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Nice finish by the new argentine kid. How did he play overall?
In the first half he got crap for service and England was ripping Italy a new one. In the second half Italy woke up and England went into a shell. He got more service did well, but he shot one over the cross bar when he should have passed. A couple minutes later after some nice passing by Barella, Pellegrini he slotted the shot home. Looked pretty calm for his first outing but I don't know how much time he had practicing with this lineup either.
 

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I find his inclusion ridiculous nonetheless
 

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Starting Acerbi and Toloi over Scalvini just shows the problem with the mindset in Italy.
You can't really say that to a manager who called Zaniolo and Pafundi from primavera , Gnonto from Swiss league and so many other unproven players
 

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Has this Retegui guy even visited in Italy ever? :D

I bet he accepted Mancini's call because that's his best route to major competitions given Argentina has Lautaro and Alvarez already. This is pretty cynical and should be just banned.
 

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Has this Retegui guy even visited in Italy ever? :D

I bet he accepted Mancini's call because that's his best route to major competitions given Argentina has Lautaro and Alvarez already. This is pretty cynical and should be just banned.
I mean, I don't mind this as much since the guy has Italian heritage, but I find it odd that Italy cannot call up its own players and feels the need to compete with Argentina for 17-19 year olds (eg Carboni) or get whoever Brazil discards.

But definitely this has to change at some point, otherwise I can decide to form my own federation, pay a bunch of parents to get their kids signed up for a "passport" and then go win a World Cup as United Lands of Random.

Passport shouldn't be an automatic eligibility for National Teams.
 
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