Rossi: We didn't expect this in our wildest dreams!

"No one expected such a result, even in our wildest dreams," Rossi said as he began his post-match evaluation. “We had some luck but we deserved it too, because the players fought, fought and suffered together from the very first moment - we could see a real team on the pitch. I'm very glad we were able to achieve this result. When I think about where we were when we started working together and where we've got to, I have to say it’s incredible for me too.

England tried to take advantage of our weak points, but they couldn’t take advantage of the depth and it was in vain that they tried to overload our right side, and they couldn’t take advantage of the fact that the quality on their substitutes bench was deeper than ours. You have to suffer in matches against teams of a similar quality to England. 'I have to run all the way, I have to work'... I pushed this into the players during every training session.

I didn’t accept anyone using tiredness as an excuse and I told them that if they pick up the national team jersey, they have to forget everything - they can’t be injured, they can’t be tired; they have to do everything for the team. As an Italian, I can't believe the emotions the success of the national team evokes in the Hungarian fans. I am unspeakably proud of the fans and the players".