 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pasinei nokubudirira padanho rekirabhu, Mancini haana kumbobvira ave wenguva dzose kuItaly. Pamwero weU-21s, Mancini aive chikamu chechikwata chakasvika kuma semi fainari mu1984 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship uye akapedza runners-up muna 1986. Akaita mutambo wake wepasi rose wevakuru pazera remakore gumi nemapfumbamwe, pasi paEnzo Bearzot, musi wa 26 Chivabvu 1984, mukukunda 2 0 kure neCanada muToronto; akazohwina makapu makumi matatu nematanhatu, uye akarova zvibodzwa zvina nenyika yake. Mancini akanga ari mutambi anotanga paEuro 1988, uko Italy yakasvika kuma semi-fainari; panguva yemutambo, akarova chinangwa mu11 dhizaini vachipesana nevakagamuchira West Germany, mumutambo wekuvhura wemutambo musi wa10 Chikumi. Mancini akanga ariwo asiri kutamba nhengo Azeglio Vicini kwakaita chikwata cheItaly kuti apedza panzvimbo yechitatu panguva 1990 World Cup pamusoro musha ivhu. Akachengetwa kunze kwechikwata nemakwikwi kubva kuna Gianluca Vialli, Salvatore Schillaci, Andrea Carnevale naRoberto Baggio. 