Mancini: Inter should have scored in first half against Cagliari

Date: 23rd February 2015 at 11:43pm
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Inter head coach Roberto Mancini has admitted that his side should have scored in the first half of their game against Cagliari on Monday night.

The Nerazzurri put in a strong first half performance but wasted a number of chances before two second half goals earned them a hard fought win against the Isolani and Mancini also revealed that he was happy with their performance.

“We had a very good first half, in which we had to score goals,” Mancini told Sky Sport Italia after the game.

“Then, after we made it 2-0, our performance dropped because [Samuele] Longo was good and caused us many difficulties.

“[Mateo] Kovacic was good, he deserves to be happy. He is a starter like Hernanes or [Zdravko] Kuzmanovic.

“Today, he was fantastic, even [Mauro] Icardi was stupendous, he must always play like this.”

Mancini was also quizzed about how his side lost control of the ball at stages throughout the game.

“Yes [we lost control of possession], especially after we made it 2-0, we were stretched but we did very well in the first half.

He then weighed in on Lukas Podolski’s recent lack of goals.

“There will come a time when Podolski starts scoring.  Usually a player like him scores in those circumstances, but at the moment he is just unlucky.”

 

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