After all players reported to the Coverciano training center, Italy national team coach Mancini held a press conference. This is the second part of that press conference.

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Roberto, regarding this new coaching experience – your second journey with the Azzurri – do you feel more indebted to the environment and fans who were disappointed by your decision three years ago, or more proud because you were the last coach to bring a major trophy to the national team?

Regarding being proud, that's clearly not the point, because the past is the past and has no practical value anymore. History will always remain. But now I think about it – when fans feel betrayed, they have every right to be angry, and I think that emotion deserves to be understood and respected. So to win back their hearts, I believe we must work hard, do our job well, and try to bring the national team back to the level it should be. Perhaps after that, everything will improve.

Good afternoon, coach, and welcome back. I'd like to ask you: how much did U21 coach Baldini's contributions during the transition period help initiate this cultural change, beyond the sporting aspects? Also, regarding calling up so many young players and even recruiting talent from foreign leagues?

Baldini was the U21 national team coach at that time, so he knew these players very well. I think it was a very wise decision for him to let the entire squad play. First, it helps prepare for upcoming matches, and second, it allows people to get to know these young players who may not have been widely known before.

For us, over the past few years, I'm confident we've given opportunities to more than 50 young players. So this is not an issue for us at all. What I mean is, as long as we search for and evaluate them, if they have the ability, we give them a chance to play, even if it takes time.

Good afternoon, Roberto, and welcome back. Given the various uncertainties surrounding President Malagò's position, could this potentially affect your work? Not in the coming days, but from a long-term perspective over the coming weeks and months – have you discussed this?

Yes, I've spoken with the President, and his mindset is very calm, which reassures us. So for now, we just need to focus on our work – playing well and winning our first match against Belgium, which won't be easy. For us, the priority is to focus on what's in front of us.

Hello, Roberto, good to see you again and welcome back to Coverciano. I'd like to ask about the philosophy you mentioned earlier – conveying to the Azzurri the idea of enjoying football and playing well together. This is a discovery phase, but you also need results. You've mixed young players who need development with veterans from your previous coaching period – even experienced players who won the European Championship with you. What are your expectations for these experienced players? Also, we've lost two players in the last few hours; can you explain the specific reasons? And what are your expectations for the young players you've called up? What would you like to see from them?

What do we expect from experienced veteran players? We hope they can support the young players, help them integrate into the team faster, especially new young players unfamiliar with the senior national team, or sometimes even unaware of its importance. So I believe the role of senior players is to provide support on the pitch, while young players must give everything they have for the team. When you're young, you play with a very relaxed and joyful attitude, and you can do things on the pitch that you might not be able to do when you're more experienced or older – because by then you often worry too much. So maintaining that joy and not being burdened, I think, is very important.

Good afternoon, coach. I have a question: do you think there's potential in this cycle to replicate the success of your first coaching period? I don't mean winning a trophy – that can't be planned in advance – but rather creating a national team that plays a certain style of football, dominates, controls possession, and is entertaining. Or will you be starting from the same poor trajectory that continued through your second cycle and under Spalletti and Gattuso?

No, honestly, my starting point is to build a team that can dominate the game, play attractive football, and always give everything. Of course, you can't always win – that's obvious – but our starting point is to do this, to win. We all have a very positive mindset, so we have no negative factors.

Good afternoon, coach. We've just been talking about your first coaching cycle. Back then, you took over a team that had just suffered the trauma of missing the World Cup, and you successfully revived their enthusiasm and confidence. Now you're once again taking over a team that has suffered the trauma of missing the World Cup. How do you plan to revive their enthusiasm? Given that you succeeded in doing so in your first assignment, how do you eliminate the fear of failure? And psychologically, how do you recharge the team's energy?

First, there are many young players who weren't on the team before; this is their first time here. I believe they are very happy to be here and eager to give everything for the national team. Second, I want to emphasize again: you can't always dwell on negative things. When you start something, you do it because you believe you can create something beautiful, something that will make fans happy. Over the next four years, we will definitely bring back some trophies. I'm very confident about this because I know the players a bit. I can see they have very good quality; they just need to be tested and given the chance to play.

Good afternoon. I'd like to ask you a tactical question. This 34-player squad includes players with different characteristics, but what's the basic starting formation? Will it be 4-3-3, or will you deploy two strikers – for example, a combination of Kean and Esposito? In other words, how will you build this national team tactically?

We can say that aside from a few players currently injured whom we hope will recover at least before the last two matches in November, we will then review and evaluate, because we have many solutions and are open to any tactical approach. We can play with two strikers, we can play 4-3-3, or we can play in various other ways. After all, our players are already accustomed to certain styles of play in their clubs, so we'll need to make some adjustments, and they're capable of doing that. So our tactical options are quite open, and we'll see more clearly once we start training in the coming days.

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