Roberto Mancini reveals why Giacomo Raspadori went off at half-time in Italy’s 4-1 win away to Turkiye . ‘Now we will try to have our say in France.’

The coach was already feeling the pressure after the 2-0 defeat to Belgium on Friday and made eight changes to the starting line-up.

It certainly paid off with the best first half performance that Azzurri fans have seen in several years, surging into an early 3-0 lead in Bursa with Alessandro Bastoni, Davide Frattesi and Kayode goals.

After a Turkish fightback with Baris Alper Yilmaz and a lucky escape for offside, Francesco Pio Esposito sealed the 4-1 result.

“We were on a pitch where it had been raining for a whole day and it was only natural to expect a response from Turkiye,” Mancini told RAI Sport.

“Everyone played a great game. Raspadori went off with a problem, we were worried that we might have to take him off after five minutes in the second half, so we substituted him at the break.

“The team pushed up, kept the ball, moved it around well. Raspadori did what we asked, he had a good game.”

It was night and day from the kind of performance seen against Belgium, with quick one-touch passing and the kind of football that Mancini has been promising since his return to the bench.