"Perhaps we should have finished the game with those
"That's football, but I think that if one of these teams should have gone to the quarters it should have been us, given what we did in this competition up until now."
But he added: "Unfortunately, this World Cup went downhill for Italy because of a lot of things.
"I've seen certain things which have penalised us. Today
we played a good game.
"I'd say we're going out with our heads held high but with a lot to be bitter about.
"We had a player sent off - I don't know why. We played with
"If there was to be one winner in this match, I think it should have been Italy."