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Mancini: 'Esposito Brothers Got Confused on Penalty, Italy Always Play to Win'

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Roberto Mancini confirms the Esposito brothers ‘got confused’ over who was meant to take a penalty in Italy’s 3-1 win over France. ‘We should always play with the idea of winning.’The Azzurri had a rough start to the Nations League group when losing 2-0 to Belgium, but also a difficult start tonight at San Siro, going behind within 10 minutes when Michael Olise pounced on a Gianluigi Donnarumma howler.Francesco Pio Esposito equalised, then Sebas…

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For the Esposito brothers it was a very intense evening. In San Siro Pio has decided Italy-France signing a double, the first in career with the jersey of the national major...

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Coach Roberto Mancini Mashka revealed why Esposito left the Italian and French game kick for his brother Sebastiano.

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[Sports Chosun Reporter Noh Joo-hwan] "There was confusion regarding the penalty kick taker. The younger brother took first, not the older." Italy national team head coach Roberto Mancini confessed that there was confusion regarding the order of penalty kick takers between the Esposito brothers against France. In the UEFA Nations League group stage home match against France held at San Siro in Milan on the 13th (Korean time), Italy won 3-1 despi…

There is a backstory about the penalty kicks of Italy-France last night, the first kicked and wrong by Seba Esposito, the second scored by Pio

A historical curiosity linked to the Italian National Team, reported on social media by journalist Giuseppe Pastore, starts precisely from the rigor failed by Sebastiano Esposito in Italy-France.

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