They will always remember this missed opportunity

In this failure, the responsibilities of the footballers are huge. Yes, the same footballers who this time brought the National Team closer than any other in the last decade to a major tournament. Who were saddened more than anyone by this exclusion, who cried in the dressing room, who will take time to get over it and recover. Which will surely hit their heads against the wall when they see the Euro on their televisions in June. But when the dust… settles, then it seems that they too didn’t play in a final the way you should play in a final. They seemed afraid of making mistakes, they didn’t take risks, they weren’t creative, they didn’t go one-on-one. No one can blame the footballers for the penalty shootout process and for missing out on them. But you can see responsibilities in the previous 120 minutes. Not in ten, twenty, thirty. But in 120 minutes you must, when you are the better team, at least make the opponent… feel it. Greece did not on Tuesday night. And the exclusion will leave its mark on her for a long time. Until next time we hope it’s successful.