Roberto Mancini
Roberto Mancini
Roberto Manciniis an Italian football manager and former player, currently the head coach of Inter Milan. As a player, Mancini played as a deep-lying forward, and was best known for his time at Sampdoria, where he played more than 550 matches, and helped the team win the Serie A league title, four Coppa Italia titles, and the European Cup Winners' Cup. He was capped 36 times for Italy, taking part at UEFA Euro 1988 and the 1990 FIFA World Cup,...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth27 November 1964
both gave management players win winning
It was very important for us to win this cup. After so many years of winning nothing, it gave both the players and the management a real boost.
ahead blended four last months players pleased point team
I'm very pleased by how the team has been preparing, and the way the new players have blended in. We're four months ahead of where we were at this point last year.
fight rather second thinking
To be realistic, we must fight for second place rather than thinking of the first.
against chance doubt fantastic good
We will have a good chance against Juventus, as always, ... We will go to Turin to win. There is no doubt it will be a fantastic match.
behind deserved fell field great shape shot
We fell behind on Porto's only shot on goal. We deserved to win, ... The field wasn't in great shape and there were no fans. We did well to come back.
absence fans pay playing surreal
We'll have to pay a lot of attention, we'll be playing in a surreal situation. It will be important to try and not think about the absence of fans in the stands.
left positive
There are not too many positive things left in this season.
ball help midfield passes recover tried
If they weren't getting many passes from the midfield they should have tried to help out and recover the ball themselves.
believe rangers solid
I don't believe all this talk. Rangers are a solid team,
against fight focusing match open start tough until
Now we'll start focusing on the match against Ajax. It will be an open and tough match and we will have to fight until the end to get through the round.
both good needed played teams tough
I think we played a good match, which we needed to win. We succeeded, so I'm satisfied, ... It was a tough match, both teams were strong.
played
I think Adriano can do even better than the way he played Saturday. He can only improve.
cruz good
I think the strikers did a good job. Cruz scored and Adriano had two good chances.
looked
Had our strikers looked for each other more we could have been more dangerous,