"I was afraid". Cesare Prandelli spoke about last night’s trouble. The coach of Italy said in a press conference the day after the game with Serbia was suspended: "It was a troubled night, it would not have taken much to turn into tragedy. I thought and thought with great bitterness that the violence of a few can defeat a football game and an entire city. When I saw that the Serbian ultras were trying to break through the glass wall that separated them from the Italian fans, I got really scared. I saw many people with children runing. But Football should not be afraid of the ultras, the way forward is prevention from the bottom with patience".

"We were ready to play and we wanted to do it. We arrived in the locker room and found the goalkeeper Stojkovic trembling. We did not understand, then the interpreter told us that he had been threatened and feared for his safety. From there, we realized that the game was at stake, even the Serbian players were under the impression that the conduct of their supporters had been organized to suspend the game. We warmed up, then when we got back in the dressing room we tried to understand how long the break would last to avoid physical problems. We asked our opponents to go under the curve to try to calm them down, I do not know what they did, but they were clearly afraid. The Serbian players are under pressure, they have families at home. "