"I cannot fault at all the attitude of the players. I haven't seen anyone not doing what is required at this level. But, obviously, we insisted so much, we have so much of the ball, so many chances, so many shots, and if you want the margins to be bigger than going to the penalties, obviously, you need to capitalise on that. And we didn't. And football is about that.

"It is, and especially when they go ahead, and they create that momentum. We gave them almost nothing in the whole game, and we created so many chances, and didn't capitalise on that. And then the margins become so small, that's it. This football, that's the beauty as well of this competition, and, especially in this country, it's a very sad day."

"We have a massive responsibility to carry this badge in the best possible way. It had nothing to do with effort or application or determination to win it, but we lack other things to, to create a much bigger margin than today, with what we produce, they really should have been shown in the scoreline."