After Mancini snubbed the Italian central defender, West Ham’s Obona was “surprised and bitter.”

West Ham United star Angelo Obona admitted that he felt “surprised and painful” after being rejected by Roberto Mancini from the Italian Champions League team.

Since his transfer from Juventus to West Ham in 2015, Obona has become one of the most stable defenders in the Premier League.

The 33-year-old player can be said to be his best season in the 2020-21 season, because he helped Hammers get the top six results, but still missed Mancini’s 33-man qualifier for the Euro 2020 A place.

What did you say?

After seeing Chelsea duo Jorginho and Emerson Palmieri join the Italian team on Sunday, Ogbona was frustrated with his omission.

“I’m surprised and bitter, maybe he didn’t consider the West Ham United championship,” Hammers centre-back told Courier will.

“We competed with Jorginho and Palmieri’s Chelsea to qualify for the Champions League. Their results were higher, but we proved that we can beat any team.”

Ogbonner added: “In sports, elite dominance must prevail. It depends on the tournament, statistics, and the value of the players that a person participates in.

“And this time, in my opinion, it didn’t prevail.”

Obona praises Jorginho

However, Obona continued to praise Jorginho’s achievements at Chelsea this season, as his international colleagues became Champions League champions.

The former Juventus enforcer believes that the presence of this midfielder is vital to Italy as Italy pursues its first international title since the 2006 World Cup.

“He has always been underestimated, maybe because of his size, but he always makes a difference [Maurizio] Surrey has evolved and he has become the fulcrum of Chelsea,” Ogbona said.

“Because of many foreign coaches, the Premier League has changed its skin: it is more tactical and more research. In this regard, Jorginho has changed many scenarios.

“For the national team, he is the foundation, his personality and his ability to judge game time, especially when the rhythm starts.”

Who was laid off by the Italian team?

Mancini has reduced his qualifier group to 28, but will have to abandon the other two players on Tuesday-marking the deadline for the final lineup submission.

Everton forward Moise Kean had a successful loan period with Paris Saint-Germain last season, despite being with Lazio midfielder Manuel Lazzari on Friday He played in the friendly 7-0 victory over San Marino, but he was still sent home.

Cagliari goalkeeper Alessio Cranio, Fiorentina duo Cristiano Biraghi and Gaetano Castrovelli, Fribourg’s Vincenzo Grieve and Sasso Los star Giacomo Laspadori was also sacrificed after entering 33 games initially.

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