Italian national team coach Roberto Mancini will seek to break a record that has stood for approximately 82 years in the upcoming match for the Azzurri in the current UEFA European Championship. Mancini led his team to top their group with a perfect points total after securing a third victory against Wales, winning 1-0. This keeps the "handsome men" without a loss in their last thirty matches, thereby equaling a record that has remained unbroken for more than eight decades.
If Italy continues its impressive run, this record will be broken when they face the team that finishes in second place in Group C during the Round of 16 of the Euros, understanding that Group C includes the Netherlands, Austria, Ukraine, and North Macedonia.
Following the match against the Welsh Dragons, the website "Italia Football" quoted Mancini as saying, "I was very pleased to have fielded 8 new players, and yet the team played well, and they could have scored more goals against a team that was very defensive." He added, "It is better that all players are at our disposal... many of them deserve to play, and we must make the right choices regarding that."
