Fans despair as Italy crashes out of the World Cup, the defending champions made a humiliating exit in the group stage when they lost 3-2 to Slovakia on Thursday. Two last goals won’t enough to save Italy in the match in which they were largely outplayed. Italians in South Africa expressed frustration as their team went home,bottom of their group with just 2 points.
"It’s a shame, they disgusted me the way they played, it’s better to stay at home and not come across to the other side of the world to play the way they played. It’s just a shame."
It’s a different story in the Slovakian camp as fans celebrated their team’s performance at their first ever World Cup appearance. Slovakia,runners-up in their group behind Paraguay, next play winners of Group E on Monday.
Sreya Banerjee, Reuters.
