Roberto Mancini praises Manchester City performance in UEFA Europa League
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has praised his side’s performance in the UEFA Europa League as they cruised past Greek side Aris Thessaloniki 3-0 on aggregate.
Edin Dzeko scored two goals in the win. The Italian was all praise for the forward line and was happy with the performances of Dzeko and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mario-Balotelli-c23937. Manchester City have now progressed to the last 16 in the competition and will face Ukrainian side Dynamo
Kyiv next.
“We played a great first half, it was the first time Mario Balotelli, Carlos Tevez and Edin Dzeko played together and they did well,” said the Citizens’ boss.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mancini-c23323 also said that Inter Milan’s dream of defending the UEFA Champions League title is not over yet. He said that Inter did not deserve to lose the game against Bayern Munich recently but have the quality in the squad to make it to the next round. The
Italian has predicted a win for the Nerazzurri at the Allianz Arena in March 2011.
The former Nerazzurri boss insisted that Inter will come back strong against Bayern after losing 1-0 in the first leg at San Siro. Mancini said he is confident that his former side will have the last laugh in the second-leg of the knockout stage fixture
against the Germans in Munich.
“http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 didn't deserve to lose against Bayern, but they are so strong they can win in Munich, in fact they have always done so,” Mancini said in an interview.
The former Lazio manager also added that he was surprised to see Napoli beaten by Spanish side Villarreal. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003 have been excellent in the ongoing 2010-11 season and are in the race for the Scudetto, just three points behind giants AC Milan.
He said that he would have loved to play the Italian side in the final of the competition.
Mancini has managed Italian teams Fiorentina, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lazio-c39775 and Inter Milan in the past. He won three consecutive Serie A titles and two Italian Cups with the Nerazzurri before joining Manchester City in the summer of 2009.
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