Kerr praises Italy performance
Wednesday, 8 September 2010 09:30Faroe Islands coach Brian Kerr had no doubts about which team impressed him the most in Euro 2012 qualifying after a 5-0 loss in Italy on Wednesday.
'Before the game I felt Serbia would be a little more direct in attack, particularly from the wings,' he said.
'(Milos) Krasic and (Milan) Jovanovic are much more decisive in their attacking defenders.
'But the movement of Cassano and Giuseppe Rossi caused us much more problems tonight, along with the speed of passing in midfield with De Rossi, (Riccardo) Montolivo and Pirlo, they played at a faster tempo than Serbia on Friday.'
Kerr, though, was still annoyed at his team's training facilities, although he wasn't using that as an excuse.
'It was disappointing that the arrangements were so poor, the pitch, but we got over it,' he said.
'It's not the reason we lost heavily tonight, the team was too good. Where we trained wouldn't have made much of a difference but had it been Spain or France or a bigger team coming here (it would have been different).
'I can't believe it happened in such an esteemed country and esteemed city, but it didn't affect the outcome of the game.'
One thing that did surprise Kerr was Italy goalscorer Fabio Quagliarella getting jeered by his own fans even after scoring.
Quagliarella used to play for Fiorentina but left to join Udinese.
'I thought it was a strange one, I didn't understand what was going on, booing him when he received the ball,' said Kerr.
'It's strange, it's not something I've come across previously in international football.
'I think internal rivalries between clubs here and the movement of players between clubs lives long in the memories of supporters.'
