Soccer-Wales as tough as Stoke but also have skills to worry Italy - Mancini


Football - Euro 2020 - Wales Training - Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy - June 19, 2021 General view during training Pool via REUTERS/Ryan Pierse

ROME, Italy (Reuters) - Italy coach Roberto Mancini compared Wales to English side Stoke City ahead of the two teams' European Championship clash in Rome on Sunday, while also insisting Robert Page's men possess enough technical ability to worry the Azzurri.

Mancini spent three-and-a-half years as Manchester City manager between 2009 and 2013, during which time Premier League sides often struggled with the physical challenge of a trip to Stoke, a then top-flight team.

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