Italy arrived in South Africa with high hopes of defending their title but they have been left licking their wounds after another below-par display, this time against Slovakia, sent them crashing out of the FIFA World Cup™.
Marcello Lippi had earlier claimed responsibility for his side's humiliating departure from the tournament but defender Domenico Criscito, who insists Italy gave everything in a bid to defend their world title, believes the responsibility for today's 3-2 defeat in Johannesburg does not lie with the coach, but with him and his team-mates. Devastated by the result which puts them on the plane home along with 2006 runners-up France, Criscito says they failed to adhere to their coach's instructions. "We share the blame among ourselves, we were never able to do what the coach asked of us," he said. "Today he wanted us to press them and, instead of doing that, we sat back and waited for them."
source:http://www.fifa.com
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