ISTANBUL – "It was a good game of football. Galatasaray are an excellent
team, the best in Turkey. They have good players and, besides the result, this was a useful friendly for us." This is what Roberto Mancini had to say straight after the match in Istanbul against Hamza Hamzaoglu’s side.

"We create opportunities but we’re unable to score goals. Fortunately that’s the case now and I’m sure that once we start scoring, we’ll keep doing so without any problems," continued the coach.

"Sneijder’s goal changed the game, as did the many substitutions. That said, we’d only trained once since returning from China so it’s only natural we weren’t at our sharpest. There were some positives in our performance against a side who are further along in their pre-season than we are. At this stage of the campaign you’re better off facing strong sides and losing, as opposed to choosing easier opposition. It helps us to see where we need to improve. We’re lacking goals but we will start scoring them. Losing can be irritating but I’m not concerned," he concluded.

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