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Zoff hails his boys
AMSTERDAM. June 30: Italy coach Dino Zoff hailed his men as conquering heroes here on Thursday - but said they now had to finish the job by beating World Cup holders France in Sunday's Euro 2000 final, re-ports AFP.
Zoff w’atched as his side, reduced to 10 men after Gianluca Zambrotta's 33rd minute dismissal. fought their way to extra-time and a 3-1 penalty shoot-out victory over a host nation who were widely tipped to win this tournament.
Some 24 hours earlier. Zoff had urged his men Io fight to the death here in the Amsterdam ArenA. and leave him to count the dead afterwards.
Asked how many bodies he'd seen after the shoot-out. he said: I didn't count them, but w-e ve certainly expended a lot of energy'. They were heroic.
"We held on to a match against a great team with 10 men for most of the time. There's a great deal of credit to lx- paid.
"Everyone did their duty in great style." he said. "The spirit was fantastic and it came from what was happening on the pitch.
"The sending off and the penalty ... brought the team together and strengthened the players determination to see through this to the end.
IIowiaci Zoll was determined not to let his men think they had achieved their objective’ at Euro 2000 by unexpect-ediv reaching the final.
"It would be terrible." he said. We've won this battle -and It w'as a battle.
‘ Now we have a final against truly great side but we will cer-tainly be going out to win it."
And he sidestepped a question over whether a team that had lost four ol their seven malt lies before this tournament had exceeded Iris expectations by making it to Rotterdam on Sunday.
I think that reaching the final Is beyond the expectations of every team here," said the 1982 World Cup winner. 'Because we all know how' difficult It is to get there.
We've got one day less to recover from a match which has
cost a great deal.
"But on the hand, but they (France) too went to extra time last night and that match finished in the last minute.
"So I think they will have spent a lot of energy' too. I certainly think that we have a 50-50 chance."
As for Toldo. goalkeeping legend Zoff said: "He w'as great and w'as rightly rewarded with the Man-of-the-Match award."
Zoff admitted that Italy were struggling in the first-half, when passes were too often sprayed around the ArenA stadium and the "Squadra Az-zurra" failed to even manage a single shot at the Dutch goal.
‘ We certainly didn't get off to a good start to the match, even when he had 1 1 men,” he said "Perhaps, it was a case of big-
night nerves. But we Just couldn't play.
"Then, when we were down to 10. we succeeded in playing better - probably because the tension left the team in the face of adversity."
However. Zoff was evidently not impressed with the refereeing by German match official Markus Merk, despite his diplomatic way of putting it.
"I never judge the referees, so 1 don't think that I ought to in this case." he started out. before adding: "Clearly, in international matches we are used to things being a bit different.
"The fouls (by Zambrotta) didn't seem serious to me. But he's there to decide and he saw things differently. So I won't permit myself to make it judgement.