[LOOK] ‘Italy lack goal aces’
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Italy head coach Roberto Mancini is paaping about his lack of attacking options for Thursday’s 9.45pm Euro 2024 qualifying Group C opener against England.
Ahead of the Euro 2020 final rematch in Naples, Mancini says Serie A clubs aren’t producing top-quality strikers.
With star striker Ciro Immoblie of Lazio injured, Mancini may ironically have to rely on Premier League-based stars like Leeds winger Wilfried Gnonto and West Ham forward Gianluca Scamacca.
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The former Manchester City boss says: “Why did nobody in Italy take Gnonto?
“He could have been playing for a club like Fiorentina, but instead he is starting in the Premier League.”
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Despite Napoli, Inter Milan and AC Milan all in quarterfinals of the Champions League, Mancini adds: “I don’t know why there are so few strikers, we are very limited going forward. Out of the three teams, there are seven or eight Italians at most.”
FRIDAY’S OTHER EURO 2024 QUALIFIERS
Kazakhstan v Slovenia (7pm), Italy v England, Bosnia-Herzegovina v Iceland, San Marino v Northern Ireland, Denmark v Finland, North Macedonia v Malta, Portugal v Liechtenstein, Slovakia v Luxembourg (all at 9.45pm)