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Euro 2020: Roberto Mancini has Italy believing again after a decade of woe

It feels unnatural to describe Italy - winners of four World Cups and one European Championship - as dark horses for Euro 2020, but that's exactly what they are.

So success starved have this football-obsessed nation been for the best part of a decade that they have slipped out of the discussion when it comes to major tournament favourites in recent years, but Roberto Mancini has them believing again ahead of Friday night's opener against Turkey in Rome.

The former Manchester City manager has the highest win percentage of any boss in the Azzurri's history, at nearly 72 per cent with 23 victories in his 32 matches in charge.