Mancini vows to win Europa League
August 27th, 2010 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANILondon, Aug 27 (ANI): Shrugging off the disappointment of missing out the Champions League draw, Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has vowed to win the Europa League instead.
Mancini said: “The Europa League is important - it’s not like the Champions League but it’s still important. Getting to the group stage was our first objective.”
“It’s a competition we want to do well in. It’s difficult in the Europa League because you play more games,” The Sun quoted him, as saying.
“But if you can change some players every game you can arrive at the final,” he added.
Goals from Shaun Wright-Phillips and Dedryck Boyata saw off Romanian club FC Timisoara.
Mancini claimed his squad was big enough to take on Juventus, Liverpool and Porto.
He said: “We have got a lot of good players - they can play in different positions and change without a problem.” (ANI)
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