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.
dominated effort half points second team
It's two points lost, we should have won, ... We dominated the second half and there was only one team in it. It's a lot of effort for little reward.
campaign game games left sixth
This is only the sixth game of the campaign and there are still 32 games left to play.
handful keeps playing
He's rediscovered his place, he's fit, and if he keeps on playing this that he'll be a handful for any opponent.
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,
confident derby winning
The Derby is a special, unpredictable match. We are confident of winning it.
soccer team tense
You can't play soccer like this. It's unbelievable. The team was very tense having to play without fans. It's really absurd.
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.
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.
fatigue final half maybe minutes paid played second
We played very, very well the first 25 minutes of the second half and maybe we paid for that with some fatigue in the final quarter-hour.
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.
champions league
which started preparations for the Champions League before Inter and is in a better form.
long secret happy-relationship
What's the secret to such a long and happy relationship? I don't know. Maybe because I work a lot.