Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I timata a Francescato i te 7 o Oketopa 1990 ki a Romania. Ko tana putanga whakamutunga mo te Azzurri i te 8 o Noema 1997 ki a Awherika ki te Tonga. Tērā pea ko tōna wā tino rongonui i roto i te koti Itari ko te whiwhinga i tētahi o ngā whakamātautau o te whakataetae i te 1991 World Cup
i te kēmu ki te USA, i te wā i takahia ai e ia, ā, i whakatikatikahia ai e ia ētahi kaiwawao o Amerika i mua i tana taenga atu ki waenganui i ngā pou.