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"Why the hell should I go on? We don't need to draw here. We need to win!" De Rossi is understood to have told Ventura, before pointing at Insigne. After the second leg, which ended 0-0 and meant that Italy now miss out on a place at the World Cup for the first time since 1958, De Rossi apologised if he crossed the line in undermining Ventura's authority but, in reality, supporters loved the passion that he showed on the bench in his last act as an Italy international. "We have this tendency to warm up three at a time, then after five minutes we change and another three go," he told Rai Sport, as translated by Goal.#DeRossi: "Che cazzo entro io? Non dovemo pareggià, dovemo vince!", indicando Insigne. pic.twitter.com/Vr2uTy9wnF
— Valerio Curcio (@ValerioCurcio) November 13, 2017
"I just said we were near the end and had to win, so send the strikers to warm up. I pointed to Insigne too.
"It wasn't up to me whether it was a tactical issue. I'm sorry if I offended anyone. At the time I just thought perhaps it was better that Insigne come on instead."
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