James Milner says that England needed a bit of luck against Italy

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England’s midfielder says that the Three Lions needed some luck on their side against Italy as England once again went out of the European Championships at the quarterfinal stage after failing to impress against Italy in the
penalty shootout...
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/James-Milner-c17706 has come out and revealed that England needed some link on their side against Italy as the Azzurri ran out as eventual winners against the Three Lions in the penalty shootout. In all honesty, England were woeful against
Italy in normal time as well as extra time. The Italians thoroughly dominated the encounter and England sat back and were content to defend and play for a 0-0 draw as they failed to hit Italy on the counter attack.
As the match went on, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749’s record in shootouts
came back to haunt them again as Cole and Young both missed their spot kicks after England were handed the initiative following http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ricardo-c30950 Montolivo’s miss for Italy.
In the end, Diamanti struck the winning penalty as Italy set up a semi-final clash with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904, a reply of the 2006 FIFA World Cup semi-final. England were left to l**k their wounds as Milner and his team mates now look back on
a tournament in which they played defensive football and lacked the killer instinct when it really mattered.
Milner said, "I can't really put it into words. We had a good group stage and came to the quarters, but to go out on penalties again you can't put into words how disappointing it is. We practised penalties and we needed a bit of
luck. We got ahead in it but it was just not our night.”
He added, "We have got to take the positives from the tournament and the experience. There are a lot of lads who have come into the squad and is their first tournament and it is good experience and hopefully they can take that
into the next tournament.”