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Club Italy is sad and incredulous after being eliminated from Euro 2004. "This e
limination is incredible - said Alessandro Del Piero. If anyone is to blame, it'
s the entire group. The positive things were the conviction, the will to win, th
e unity of the team even after the debut match. Now there is only disappointment
, only disappointment. If we hadn't tried, if we weren't united, then it would h
ave been bad. But we were united. Euro 2004 and the World Cup were two big disap
pointments because we were able to face both and win."

"We are stunned, we are angry, I believe in their good faith, but a 2-2 tie betw
een Sweden and Denmark is strange, two teams that never had 2 goals scored again
st them.", adds Fabio Cannavaro with regards to the tie between Sweden and Denma
rk. "we complicated things. But if it's not for the referee, it's for other reas
ons and we suffer", said the captain of the National team. Even Stefano Fiore ha
s some doubts about the 2-2 tie in Oporto. "we didn't have any news about the ma
tch and this is why we cheered. Then we understood everything. We could have don
e more against Denmark because we played well against Sweden. We are eliminated
because of an episode since we won against Bulgaria. They told me that the 2-2 s
core was because of a mistake by the goalkeeper."

"No one will cheer us but we definitely did not make a bad impression - said Ale
ssandro Nesta, pointing the attention towards the responsibility of the Azzurri
instead of the match in Oporto. We made five points and to leave with five point
s just isn't fair. But let's accept the 2-2 tie against Sweden and Denmark and g
o home. We can't just stop and keep thinking about the 2-2 score. Let's assume o
ur responsibility. The only regret is that this is a good group, with lots of po
tential and we haven't been able to win anything important."