Roberto Mancini appeared when making two Argentine soccer calls: Bruno Zapelli from Belgrano for the Sub 21 and Mateo Retegui from Tigre for the Italian major. just the Azzurri will play the first two dates of the Qualifiers for the Eurocopa Germany 2024 against England and Malta.
After several twists and turns and speculations, Mateo will accept the summons and will travel to Europe in the next few days.
“Mateo has an Italian passport thanks to his maternal grandfather Angelo Dimarco, who came to Argentina and was from Canicatti in the province of Agrigento. He doesn’t want to talk about it publicly, but he’s excited”began by saying the sheet Retegui, father of the striker in Gazzetta dello Sport.
And I add: “He told me that it would be an honor and a great pride to be called up by the European champion if coach Mancini confirms it. He is very happy, proud and enthusiastic. Now he wants to strengthen himself in Tigre, who on Saturday night plays against Central Córdoba, keeps his feet on the ground and remains humble.”
Mancini’s explanation of Retegui’s call
“The problems we have are serious because so much Ciro Inmobile and Giacomo Raspadori are out due to injuryIn other words, all of our center forwards have played very little in recent months, so we don’t have a starter in that position, since Wilfried Gnonto He didn’t act too much either. leeds“, he expressed.
He added: “In addition Gianluca Scamacca and Andrea BelottiDue to injury or performance, they also play little, so we are bad in attack. Then, in defense and midfield there are solutions. But upstairs we have problems, because those who have to play, don’t“.
