After 120 minutes of action of the nervous system, the lottery of penalties and the invitation of the President, and Cesare Prandelli admitted he only wants to sleep - but not before some of the ideas in Germany.
"We have made" said Italy coach Cesare Prandelli after his team win "lottery" of sanctions against England, and admitted even though he was not unduly concerned during a shootout win 4-2. He congratulated his son to get a free ticket for the game, the Azzurri camp and then took a phone call from President Giorgio Napolitano, but by the early hours he only wants to get to bed. The England counterpart Roy Hodgson is understood less keen to leave.
Roy Hodgson, England coachWe tried our best, worked hard as we can. We are alive from the physical problems - Scott Parker tendon in the ankle and Steven Gerrard with a cramp - but if we did enough to go through the matter of opinion. There was no question of playing for penalties.
He was defending our resolve and we did very well, especially in the second half of extra time to survive, but have not been able to benefit in an exchange of fire. And take the penalty has become something of an obsession for English football, but while you exercise can not be reproduced in the atmosphere and tension. Took a cool way that is collected, Andrea Pirlo penalty kick - you can not train.
Create opportunities for both teams. I thought Italy played well but for a long time I thought it was a tactical battle and interesting to have all that did not happen often behind our backs. And we won it we would not have been an apology.
Press conferences are never easy, but very difficult after the defeat. Night after the defeat of penalties becomes more difficult and we wanted to stay in and reward our fans. We gave our all, but were not good enough in 120 minutes, and when he went to the sanctions that have gone as is often the case with England. "We go away has not lost in regulation time, but we have to return home because we can not win on penalties."
Cesare Prandelli, Italy coachI was not surprised by tonight. I knew that we could control the game. The source of my concern that we were to allow England a very large area at the end of the first half - and we could have been smarter to play a little crowd we have. We tried to play football. England tried to draw them; we tried to hit them quickly. I think if we were in the 90 minutes it would have been a better game.
Penalties are a lottery, but I think we deserved to win in the end. When [Ricardo] Montolivo missed a penalty and I was sad because he was one of the best players tonight. I was watching with my arms around my son and I told him he was lucky he did not have to buy a ticket. "When Andrea Pirlo stepped up was very quiet - it's a star and knew what he needed to do, and he did it."
About 80% of the penalty shoot down to luck. Some players are used to this kind of pressure, and some are quite calm in these situations - but mainly because it's down to good fortune.
President Napolitano called us to congratulate us and that was special. We are happy but we have to get ready for Germany now. They had two more days rest. "If we have the same approach, the same desire, and I think we can compete.
Germany and Spain are the favorites here. We will need everyone fit and fresh, and we're going to go for it. They are always attacking game against Germany. Germany is a big part - it changes against Greece, and it is no different. The game is not over here a long time, and we want our players to get fit - we just want to go home and get on the bed to be honest.
"We have made" said Italy coach Cesare Prandelli after his team win "lottery" of sanctions against England, and admitted even though he was not unduly concerned during a shootout win 4-2. He congratulated his son to get a free ticket for the game, the Azzurri camp and then took a phone call from President Giorgio Napolitano, but by the early hours he only wants to get to bed. The England counterpart Roy Hodgson is understood less keen to leave.
Roy Hodgson, England coachWe tried our best, worked hard as we can. We are alive from the physical problems - Scott Parker tendon in the ankle and Steven Gerrard with a cramp - but if we did enough to go through the matter of opinion. There was no question of playing for penalties.
He was defending our resolve and we did very well, especially in the second half of extra time to survive, but have not been able to benefit in an exchange of fire. And take the penalty has become something of an obsession for English football, but while you exercise can not be reproduced in the atmosphere and tension. Took a cool way that is collected, Andrea Pirlo penalty kick - you can not train.
Create opportunities for both teams. I thought Italy played well but for a long time I thought it was a tactical battle and interesting to have all that did not happen often behind our backs. And we won it we would not have been an apology.
Press conferences are never easy, but very difficult after the defeat. Night after the defeat of penalties becomes more difficult and we wanted to stay in and reward our fans. We gave our all, but were not good enough in 120 minutes, and when he went to the sanctions that have gone as is often the case with England. "We go away has not lost in regulation time, but we have to return home because we can not win on penalties."
Cesare Prandelli, Italy coachI was not surprised by tonight. I knew that we could control the game. The source of my concern that we were to allow England a very large area at the end of the first half - and we could have been smarter to play a little crowd we have. We tried to play football. England tried to draw them; we tried to hit them quickly. I think if we were in the 90 minutes it would have been a better game.
Penalties are a lottery, but I think we deserved to win in the end. When [Ricardo] Montolivo missed a penalty and I was sad because he was one of the best players tonight. I was watching with my arms around my son and I told him he was lucky he did not have to buy a ticket. "When Andrea Pirlo stepped up was very quiet - it's a star and knew what he needed to do, and he did it."
About 80% of the penalty shoot down to luck. Some players are used to this kind of pressure, and some are quite calm in these situations - but mainly because it's down to good fortune.
President Napolitano called us to congratulate us and that was special. We are happy but we have to get ready for Germany now. They had two more days rest. "If we have the same approach, the same desire, and I think we can compete.
Germany and Spain are the favorites here. We will need everyone fit and fresh, and we're going to go for it. They are always attacking game against Germany. Germany is a big part - it changes against Greece, and it is no different. The game is not over here a long time, and we want our players to get fit - we just want to go home and get on the bed to be honest.
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