Pirlo's Penalty Wears Down Roy Hodgson's English Men

Pirlo:

"Joe Hart was doing some strange movements, "So when he dived I decided to take it like that and it went well."

"It put a bit of pressure on their takers and in fact Ashley Young missed his penalty after that."

"England did not create any chances during the match. They played for the penalty shoot-out, while we wanted to win."

"We knew we could dominate the match, and all that England did was defend. We used up more energy than we expected, but we were able to win the match."

Buffon:

"It is clear that I feared an upset,"

"In the penalty shoot-out you can be lucky and win or unlucky and lose. With regards to the 120 minutes of action, we deserved the victory, we created more chances than them."

"After Montolivo missed his penalty, I only thought that I should save as many as possible, because my team-mates deserved to win the match, and so did I."

De Rossi:

"Pirlo's penalty? It has been many years since I saw one this beautiful. It reminded me of Totti's penalty against Netherlands in 2000,"

Diamanti:

"Justice was done, we played better than England. We controlled the match from the first minute,"

"I did not think anything while I was taking my penalty, I only thought about scoring and go to Buffon and celebrate with him."