"Rome the thief? “There was no offensive phrase,” assured Marchisio in a statement today. "Quite simply I just got my timing wrong, so I was out of sync with the band and the movement of my lips didn’t match up with the anthem.”
Italian FA chairman, Giancarlo Abete, defends Italy's young midfielder in an interview to Radio Rai: "I didn't watch the match because I was in South Africa, but I believe Marchisio. I think it is a storm in a tea cup. His statement was clear. Period".
