‘Heartbroken, disappointed, gutted’published at 00:37 BST 12 July 2021
Italy 1-1 England (3-2 pens)
ITV
England defender Harry Maguire on ITV: “Heartbroken, disappointed, gutted, the lads are devastated, we gave everything, we gave absolutely everything out there.
“It was a bit of ding dong out there, we had the first half, they had the second, extra time could have gone either way. We found a another gear in the second half of extra time and put pressure on them.
“To be decided by penalties is disappointing obviously. More importantly to lose the match is not what we came into this stadium for, we wanted to bring that trophy home.
“[Italy] are a top side, they are going to have parts of the game where we are going to come under pressure and we are going to have to see it out. they didn’t create many clear cut chances. They scored from a set play, its took about five ricochets in the box and fell to their player for a tap in so it just wasn’t our night.
“There was time in the second half where of course we should have been a little bit more braver on the ball but there was times where we did it excellent and maybe we could have punished them a little bit more in the positions that we got to. Especially in the first half and in extra time too.
“They have been excellent throughout the tournament so we can’t control the game from start to finish over a 120 minute period. We controlled it well enough to warrant taking them all the way and we just couldn’t find that extra bit.
