Italy should maintain on the lookout for new attacking expertise as they proceed to wrestle to carry out at a constant degree, coach Roberto Mancini mentioned on Wednesday after his workforce’s 2-1 defeat by Spain within the Nations League semifinals.
Italy held off a superior Spain facet for a lot of the match in Enschede however struggled to create many probabilities and misplaced to a late purpose by substitute Joselu.
“We already began to freshen things up and will continue to do so,” Mancini instructed reporters.
“There are good kids. But talent comes in waves. Right now we have good midfielders and defenders, but we are lacking great forwards, I don’t know why.”
The defeat by Spain continued the erratic type of the European champions, who missed out on the final two World Cups and misplaced to England in Euro 2024 qualifying in March.
Mancini mentioned a brand new tactical sport plan with three centre-backs and two wing-backs had labored effectively within the first half, however that his workforce had made issues too simple for Spain after the break.
“We set things up differently, and we did things well in the first half when we managed to cut Spain’s passing lines,” he mentioned. “But we dropped off a bit too much in the second half.”
