LONDON
Football governing body FIFA has leveled furious criticism on the Italian team for their behaviour after the defeat to South Korea in the second round tie, the BBC reported.
The FIFA spokesman stressed that the attitude of the Italian national team following their World Cup exit was improper.
Italy were eliminated from the major football tournament after their shocking defeat (0-2) to South Korea. The Azzurri had no doubt men in black were to blame for their shock loss. Nevertheless FIFA spokesman Keith Cooper leaped to the defence of the standard of refereeing - and went on to fire a broadside at the Italians.
"I do know that cooperation with
theItalian team after last night`s match was - and I will be diplomatic and say it was extremely difficult," Cooper said.
"We understand that to a large degree. The disappointment of elimination is always huge. Some nationalities, some cultures can bear that more easily than others.
"Having said that, we do regard the professional as having a sense of obligation towards the media to enable you to do your work.
"We try to stress to the players that they are not actually talking to you, they are talking to your readers, listeners and viewers.
"And so by refusing to talk to the media, they are refusing to talk to the fans, which is very regrettable."
