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#4 Lack of support from the Italian midfield
Except for Jorginho, the rest of the Italy midfield was rotated by Roberto Mancini for the encounter against Portugal. Lorenzo Insigne was one of many relegated to the bench and in came the likes Giacomo Bonaventura, Bryan Cristante and Federico Chiesa.
But these changes did not produce any different outcome as there was minimal assistance from the newcomers throughout the game. Chiesa had a torrid game and completed just 68% of his passes whereas Jorginho also looked slightly off colour.
The supply into the box for strikers Simone Zaza and Ciro Immobile was also below par as neither wingers, Chiesa or Bonaventura put in any threating crosses into the box which could have caught the Portugal defence off guard.
There was a lack of effort from the Italian wingers and midfielders as they were unable to create chances for their teammates and similarly, failed to initiate any goalscoring opportunities themselves as they did not possess the required instinct, riskiness and fearlessness that was demanded off them by their manager.
