PSG midfielder Marco Verratti talked about Italy in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport: "The elimination from the World Cup still hurts and will hurt even more when we'll watch the World Cup in TV. It was a complete failure. Maybe having Spain in our group made us not believe in ourselves. That was the atmosphere in the National team. We must look forward. Di Biagio and I have a similar vision of football, that can be an advantage. I can accept some criticisim, it's part of the job, especially when you play for an entire country. The important thing that people should understand is that we don't play for money, but for the honor of our country. Ventura had a very tactical vision of football. That could work in a club, in a National team it's difficult to learn so many things in such a short time. But I respect him, he is a bit like Zeman in the sense that also the Czech coach would have difficulties in making understand his ideas in a national team due to lack of time."
The Italian alsco commented Paris Saint-Germain elimination from the Champions League and his future: "Being eliminated was disappointing. Real Madrid were a tough opponent, but we were confident we could have gone trough. There's not much difference between PSG and Real. Neymar out? It was like Barcelona without Messi. Such players make 30% of a team, we are lucky to have him. He was paid that much because he is a phenomenon. The red card? I made a mistake due to frustation. But sometimes referees could be more understanding. I have to improve, though. Barcelona? It's not true that Raiola offered me to Barcelona. I spoke with the PSG board and they know I've decided to stay. I want to win with this club that helped me grow also as a man. I hope that my teammates have the same ideas".
