The newly appointed manager added:
“But I think we put a lot of expectations on him. When he missed the first two games through suspension, we all believed that what we needed to do then was get to the third game and Wayne would win us the championships. That maybe was too much to ask of him. In the knockout stage, you really are hoping the player you know who can turn the game on its head and turn the game in your favour is flying and able to do so. That wasn’t the case for us and so it became more of a battling team performance.
“I believe had Pirlo played poorly against us, it might have affected the Italians’ showing.”
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