Shaka Hislop
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It was sad because the pressure was on and it was like it was unthinkable.
It's like surely this team and surely this nation are too good or shouldn't have got themselves in this situation.
The group phase was terrible as it was, but going into the playoffs you're thinking, right,
They got the right side of the draw because Wales lost, because that would have been a harder place to go, going to Wales and trying to beat them.
But against Bosnia, going down to 10 men, I thought they were very unlucky with it.
I thought one of the Bosnian defenders should have had a red card as well, but that's by the by.
It was just sad, and it was watching the...
The reaction coming in on social media and everyone like Matteo was fuming and watching all the clips coming in and how sort of angry everyone was and how desperate and sad how everyone was.
I mean, he's been linked with a move to Liverpool, but he's one of these players, Bastoni, that when he wears an Inter shirt, he's really good.
He's not had a great season, don't get me wrong, but previous seasons he's been brilliant in an Inter shirt.
But for some reason, he's one of these guys that as soon as he puts the Italian national shirt on, he just goes to bits.
He goes to pieces, whether he doesn't like not having the freedom of wandering into midfield, which he's good at, or he feels the pressure, or he can't handle the pressure.
Everyone's hammered him for the red card, which it's inevitable it's going to happen, but these things do happen when you get a red card.
I think you've just got to play him.
If you're Inter, you've got to play him into form.