Keys to Success for Italy at Euro 2020: Players, Matches & More
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A simple qualification campaign can t erase the pain of Italy s failure to make the 2018 World Cup, but thanks to their clean sweep through the Euro 2020 qualification rounds, Italy fans felt safe in the knowledge that their beloved Azzurri were, if nothing else, in safe hands under Roberto Mancini s leadership. Mancini, a title-winning manager at the club level in Italy and abroad, will look to build on that goodwill with a successful run through Euro 2020, potentially setting Italy up as favorites for World Cup 2022.
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Portugal vs Italy: Under-21 EURO background, form guide, previous meetings Friday 28 May 2021
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Italy, in their record 11th U21 EURO quarter-final, take on a Portugal side who impressed in the group stage by winning all three games.
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Italy, the Group B runners-up, have participated in more UEFA European Under-21 Championship quarter-finals than any other side but look set for a formidable challenge against faultless Group D winners Portugal at the Stadion Stožice in Ljubljana.
• While the Azzurrini managed only one win in their first three games at these finals, Portugal eased through the group stage with maximum points and no goals conceded and are now looking to reach a first semi-final in six years.
Zdeněk Zeman’s All-Time XI: The Best Italians to Play for the Bohemian
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Aldo Biscardi: Could it really be possible that Zeman has allowed himself to single you out for criticism in this way?
Alexi Lalas: It’s also possible that Zeman can go himself.
If there is one man embraced by most Italians for how he took the life on the peninsula, it’s American midfielder Alexi Lalas.
Lalas may be the clean-cut, suit-and-tie former LA Galaxy president who brought David Beckham to the MLS in recent times, but there was an era where Lalas cared only for doing it his own way, and won Italian hearts with his committed approach to living carefree.