Roberto Mancini's own mum blasts son's selection for Italy loss to North Macedonia
dailystar.co.ukWorld Cup in as many tournaments.Italy came crashing out of the 2022 World Cup qualifying rounds on Thursday following a shock defeat to North Macedonia.
A 90th-minute winner from Aleksandar Trajkovski broke Italian hearts - leaving the European champions without a spot in Qatar.And Puolo has blasted her son's decision to not pick in-form Mario Balotelli.
She also blasted Jorginho's three penalty misses during the qualifying campaign - including his crucial spot-kick against Switzerland shortly after winning the Euros.Puolo said: "Yesterday could’ve gone better, but this is football, sometimes things go right and sometimes things go wrong.
We had the match in our hands but the attack wasn’t great.“I would have called up Balotelli, because he has incredible physical strength and in front of the goal nobody can stop him."She added: "Unfortunately, mistakes like Jorginho’s cost us.
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