Roberto Mancini praises young Italian striker: “Reminds me of Batistuta”

This Thursday, the 23rd, the Italy face the selection of England, for the debut of the Playoffs to the euro cup, and starts a new cycle. Trying to leave the recent complicated moments, the Azzurra has some young players and a remodeled team for the new cycle. Therefore, Roberto Mancini came to the defense of his athletes.

The big news in Mancini’s squad was the striker Kill himRetegui, 23 years old. Born in Argentina, but with Italian grandparents, the player opted for citizenship in the European country and received his first opportunity in the main team. The coach was full of praise for the young man and compared him with Gabriel Batistutagreat Argentine scorer.

“He (Retegui) is a classic striker. I see many comparing him with Denis, but he reminds me more of Batistuta when he arrived in Italy. He’s young, he needs to settle down, but I don’t think it will take long. He is smart and has quality. Let’s hope for the best”said Roberto Mancini.

Despite not being present in the last two world Cups, Italy has a competent team and, not by chance, is the current champion of the Eurocup. In addition to debuting in the continental competition qualifiers, the Azzurra is guaranteed in the Qualifiers of the League of Nationsreason that validated Roberto Mancini’s proposal to test new players.

“We went from being very happy to win the Euro to being very disappointed not to participate in the World Cup, which we didn’t deserve. We qualified twice for the Final Four of the League of Nations and now we have to start from scratch. We have valuable young players. Some are here, some are not, but they will be with us in the future.”said the coach of Italy.