The name Mateo Retegui arouses special interest in the Italian National Team as part of the renewal and for the mission of the Argentinian soccer player who plays for Tigre. He was on Boca’s radar for the technical command of the Azzurra and that’s why they called him to test him in the imminent double Qualifying for Euro 2024.
The 23-year-old striker had a stellar 2012, scoring 22 goals over 40 games in his country’s Professional League, while he currently has 6 goals in eight appearances.
The country of San Fernando must mix the countries in the team and pay again, after a new failure, because it missed the World Cup for the second consecutive time. The mission will be to defend the title in the EURO, although this is the first qualification. And in this purpose, Roberto Mancini trusts the qualities of his new element.
“He reminds me of other Argentines who have been in Italy. He comes suddenly and it’s time to get used to it. But the boy is an educated, intelligent boy and we hope he will give us a big hand,” the Italian was confident. the captain of the weapons of Thursday with England in Naples.
In addition, the coach brought in what will be a starting eleven. “In the middle of the field we do not have big problems, there is a lot of choice. Only Bonucci is absent. Up front something will change, but we are quite positive. We are 4-3-3 with pain.”, about the probable alignment.
When talking about his British rival, Mancini made a political assessment. “This has become the order of world football. It has long been a great team, full of talent and skill,” he said.
Recurring argument that the coach could not avoid the final disappointment of not qualifying for Qatar 2022. “We went from a big excitement like the Euro Cup to a big disappointment like not qualifying for the World Cup. We didn’t deserve it. Now we start again, we forgot the disappointment. We want to qualify for the Eurocup, to win The League of Nations and then playing in the Eurocup is the best moment for the defending champions,” he said.
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