Steven Gerrard spoke of the "heartbreak" to England after losing a shootout penalty to Italy, while Wayne Rooney and Glen Johnson both see encouraging signs.
England captain Steven Gerrard speaking of "heartbreak" for his team after losing a shootout penalty to Italy ended their UEFA EURO 2012 campaign in the quarter-finals, while offering Wayne Rooney insisted that he should be read well in the organization of the offer as "good for the future ".
Steven Gerrard, the England midfielderI am only with players who, from day one since we met even have everything, and today we have done the same. I thought this time in the penalty shoot-out may be faced and a little luck we need, and it was not to be.
In a penalty shoot-out, when you get your nose in front of you pray that you see them and it's your turn. But thanks to Italy, and they're a great team, and they got a bit of luck in an exchange of fire.
The boys were in the back of this great night and everyone was great in training. "We have done all the time we've come to the country we are in the proud, but again we return to our home in heartbreak, and that is hard to take."
Wayne Rooney, the England forwardIt is clear that all that you destroyed it completely, but it happens, and we must raise our heads high. No one expected much from us in this tournament, and we proved we are a good team. We are well organized and it's good for the future. There are a lot of young players, and this experience will help clear them - we are all excited about [the future].
It's a way out of difficult, and it happened too many times now - and we hope that it is time we won one.
They had more possession and chances but did not have real opportunities to score, too - and perhaps [Mario] Balotelli in the first half - but we defended well and expressed the hope that we get this opportunity. Unfortunately, he went to penalties and could be anything that happens from there.
Glen Johnson's England defenderIt's never nice when you get knocked you out of a major tournament. But once you get the sanctions, unfortunately anything can happen. Once again, showed us how well we can defend as a team, and how difficult it will be the other team to score against us.
We thought it was a positive match, things look positive for the future. It was clear it disappointing to get out at this stage of the competition, but that's football. When you get to sanctions, it can happen anything. But it's looking positive for the future.
We have shown the difference very well how we can defend as a whole, as one unit. If we continue to defend like this, and does not recognize many of the goals, and I'm sure we're going to win more games than we lose.
[Italy] are a great side, they were always going to be one of the favorites for the championship. They have some great players. But we matched well today and they were unlucky only to the sanctions.
England captain Steven Gerrard speaking of "heartbreak" for his team after losing a shootout penalty to Italy ended their UEFA EURO 2012 campaign in the quarter-finals, while offering Wayne Rooney insisted that he should be read well in the organization of the offer as "good for the future ".
Steven Gerrard, the England midfielderI am only with players who, from day one since we met even have everything, and today we have done the same. I thought this time in the penalty shoot-out may be faced and a little luck we need, and it was not to be.
In a penalty shoot-out, when you get your nose in front of you pray that you see them and it's your turn. But thanks to Italy, and they're a great team, and they got a bit of luck in an exchange of fire.
The boys were in the back of this great night and everyone was great in training. "We have done all the time we've come to the country we are in the proud, but again we return to our home in heartbreak, and that is hard to take."
Wayne Rooney, the England forwardIt is clear that all that you destroyed it completely, but it happens, and we must raise our heads high. No one expected much from us in this tournament, and we proved we are a good team. We are well organized and it's good for the future. There are a lot of young players, and this experience will help clear them - we are all excited about [the future].
It's a way out of difficult, and it happened too many times now - and we hope that it is time we won one.
They had more possession and chances but did not have real opportunities to score, too - and perhaps [Mario] Balotelli in the first half - but we defended well and expressed the hope that we get this opportunity. Unfortunately, he went to penalties and could be anything that happens from there.
Glen Johnson's England defenderIt's never nice when you get knocked you out of a major tournament. But once you get the sanctions, unfortunately anything can happen. Once again, showed us how well we can defend as a team, and how difficult it will be the other team to score against us.
We thought it was a positive match, things look positive for the future. It was clear it disappointing to get out at this stage of the competition, but that's football. When you get to sanctions, it can happen anything. But it's looking positive for the future.
We have shown the difference very well how we can defend as a whole, as one unit. If we continue to defend like this, and does not recognize many of the goals, and I'm sure we're going to win more games than we lose.
[Italy] are a great side, they were always going to be one of the favorites for the championship. They have some great players. But we matched well today and they were unlucky only to the sanctions.
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