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(Reuters) -Italy striker Lorenzo Insigne credited coach Roberto Mancini for constructing a “enjoyable” environment across the nationwide staff squad that has allowed him to place in his finest performances on the European Championship.
Insigne scored a curling strike because the Italians reached the Euro 2020 semi-finals with a 2-1 win over top-ranked Belgium on Friday.
“I am actually having plenty of enjoyable. I’ve by no means performed with such a giant smile on my face, it is like enjoying with my mates again dwelling after I play in the course of the week,” he mentioned.
“The pinnacle coach deserves credit score for that as a result of he actually has allowed us to supply our greatest soccer. And everybody, myself included, is de facto enjoying with a smile on their faces. And that is our secret.
“I am very happy for the staff as an entire as a result of we’re proving that we’re a fantastic squad and the top coach deserves plenty of credit score for that. We merely have to kick on as a result of we have not achieved something but. We nonetheless have lots to do.
“We have to kick on … we have not achieved something but. We have to put on this final effort, preserve our head down and graft.”
Italy will tackle Spain within the semi-final at Wembley Stadium on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Hyderabad; enhancing by Jane Wardell)
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