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After losing his first ever match as the new Italy boss against France in last week's friendly, manager Giampiero Ventura needed to win his first official match at Isreal. This was part of the first World Cup qualifier for Italy, goals by Graziano Pelle, Antonio Candreva and Ciro Immobile were the reason the Azurri defeated Israel. Two of the goal-scorers spoke wonders about manager Giampiero Ventura and the first victory under his command.
Immobile revealed Ventura predicted he would score and agreed he owes most of his career to the former Torino boss. He told RAI Sport thaT: "This morning the coach saw me doing well in training and said I would score. He predicted it. I'm happy. There is a strong rapport between us, very strong. On a personal and professional level, I owe him so much. We're in a complicated group and unfortunately only the top team goes through. These trips can be complicated, but we got there and have the full three points. The fans need to keep cheering us on the way they did during the Euros and we'll give our all to reach the World Cup. It's an honor to play with the Italy jersey."
Candreva added: "We all know in internationals games last to the 90th minute. We had this distraction, but recovered and worked together to reach the end. We struggled at times because we were down to 10 men and early on undoubtedly we are not 100 per cent fit, but I'm sure by the time we face Spain we'll do much better. We had the game under control and must continue working on the certainties within the squad and the coach's ideas. The group is fantastic, over two years we have built this exceptional desire to work together and represent Italy. We picked up where we left off and can now focus on doing well in the next few games."
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