ITALY BOSS Roberto Mancini has told Moise Kean to “be more careful” after the striker was sent off in a European U21 Championship qualifier.
Kean was dismissed for pushing Republic of Ireland striker Troy Parrott in the chest. Tottenham player Parrott also saw red following the clash.
It is not the first disciplinary issue Kean has faced this year, the 19-year-old having been left out at this year’s European U21 Championship finals by coach Luigi Di Biagio after repeated breaches of team rules.
Kean was then omitted from Mancini’s senior Italy squad for this international break having struggled to make an impact in the Premier League for Everton, the club he joined from Juventus in August.
“I’m sorry for yesterday’s expulsion,” Mancini told reporters on Friday. “He was also unlucky. But he is always involved, he must be more careful.”
Brescia teenager Sandro Tonali played in the same team as Kean in Dublin on Thursday, and the midfielder, uncapped at senior level, has been brought into Mancini’s squad for Saturday’s home game against Greece.
The Azzurri are closing in on qualification for Euro 2020 having recorded a perfect six wins out of six games in Group J, and while victory against John van ‘t Schip’s side would be enough to secure a place at the finals, Mancini is taking nothing for granted.
We have to think about qualifying, this match will not be easy,” Mancini added. ”I don’t know how they will play, but we always want to have our footprint and we want to win.
“Qualification is certainly not a sure thing, we have a serious opponent tomorrow night, who we must beat.
“Now comes the Euros as it’s the first competition we’ll have to face. Then, certainly, we’ll turn our attentions to the [2022] World Cup in Qatar.”
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I’m here in Vegas for the fight.what a mad place.
@dick dastardly: enjoy it dude, was chatting a few guys on a plane who were coming back from the Aldo fight back in Dec ’15 and they were just blown away by the whole thing.
@dick dastardly: was at the Mendes and Aldo fights…some of the best times of my life! Enjoy :)
Wait a minute….where are all the haters? They are hardly all out of hate??? Best of luck tomorrow champ champ!
@Sledro: tis the weekend, they prob go bout their business, come Monday they’ll be cry holing again. Win or lose. Here’s for a win!!!
@Sledro: did you know that you can get an official private belt after every defence? best of luck to him (even though his record will more than likely be 2-3 in the last 3 years on Sunday), but carrying around two old belts is fairly cringy, as by the same logic, aldo could carry ten belts to the ring – even alverez could bring 4!
@Gulliver Foyle: did you know that doing a quick google is not always enough to find the correct answer and, to the best of my knowledge, you are completely incorrect with your belt “logic”?
You get to the keep the belt, no defense necessary.
154.5 ! That’s what’s going down
@Zossima: at least it’s going ahead, 1am is a bit late for the ceremonial weigh-ins for me. Catch it in the morning and get ready for the fight tomorrow night.