Rossi: The boys fought hard from the first whistle

"We're not happy with the result; some parts of the match showed different pictures to others. The boys fought from the beginning to the end, we performed well in the first twenty-five minutes and continued well after that = we didn't take risks or leave any space for the opponent. I was satisfied with the first half, because we made good decisions, then we fought throughout the second half; I can’t ask for more from the boys. We have to look ahead - we have five more matches in the group when one is more difficult than the other, so we have a serious challenge waiting for us against Portugal on Tuesday, but we will try to do our best. We saw how easily Portugal won against Armenia - they represent a different level of quality - but our fans expect us to give it our all in that match too," Marco Rossi stated after the match against Ireland in Dublin.