Federico Bernardeschi believes Italy's youngsters need “time to grow”, and assures CT Roberto Mancini “is the right man”.
The Azzurri have got off to a poor start in their Nations League campaign, with the Coach admitting they could be relegated after just one point from the first two matches.
“When you hit the bottom, you have to take each other’s hands and get up,” Bernardeschi told Undici.
Federico Bernardeschi believes Italy's youngsters need “time to grow”, and assures CT Roberto Mancini “is the right man”.
The Azzurri have got off to a poor start in their Nations League campaign, with the Coach admitting they could be relegated after just one point from the first two matches.
“When you hit the bottom, you have to take each other’s hands and get up,” Bernardeschi told Undici.
“What we need to avoid is criticising a group of young players, underlining that they aren’t ready. We need to give them time to grow.
“Before you win, you have to prepare to win: that’s a fundamental thing. If you try and do everything immediately, in the end everything breaks down.
“We need a mentality that brings us back up to where Italy deserves to be, there has to be a core working for the same objective: to restart Italian football.
“This is a good group of players, there are a lot of youngsters with personality and potential, we have a healthy and strong group with which we can start again.
“Obviously a young man cannot be a veteran, it takes a bit of time. What wouldn’t be right is criticising a group of youngsters, criticising the fact that they’re not ready.
“Roberto Mancini is the right man to start again. He played football, he knows what football is all about. He was a great champion and a great Coach and he still will be.
“We need to give him our confidence and be patient with his work.”