«As in July it was the best thing that happened to me on a personal level, this is the biggest disappointment. An amazing thing happened tonight. We weren’t supposed to be there, we did everything we could to win, but some matches are like this … »The Italy coach Roberto Mancini said to Rai microphones after the elimination against Macedonia. «The goal in the 92nd minute seems to have been on purpose. I do not know what to say. I’m very sorry for the players. My future? The disappointment is too great to talk about. Anyway, I’m sure the team has a great one ».
«It is difficult to explain, there is great disappointment, we are destroyed. We missed scoring but we weren’t presumptuous. We certainly lacked something, they paid for mistakes made from September onwards. I am proud of my companions. We have to start again and I hope Mancini stays, we need him to do it ». Thus the blue captain, Giorgio Chiellini to the microphones of Rai after the defeat against North Macedonia, which excludes Italy from the World Cup for the second consecutive time.