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Monday, June 25, 2012

England striker Wayne Rooney says the players are gutted after losing to Italy at Euro 2012

They are following to a 0-0 draw in the quarter-final in Kiev, striker Rooney had put England 2-1 ahead in the shoot-out following riccardo montolivo's miss for the ashley young then struck the crossbar and ashley cole's penalty was saved by gianluigi buffon to hand alessandro diamanti the chance to convert the winning spot-kick.

And the england have now been knocked out of three of the last five european championships on penalties after previously losing to Germany in 1996 and portugal in 2004 in rooney expressed the devastation in the england squad following the defeat and praised the endeavour of the players against Italy was a horrible way to go out, said rooney.

The england coach roy hodgson said after the game that his players should hold their heads high and it is a sentiment echoed by the rooney added: "We can hold our heads up high to a lot of young players in the squad and that will help them in next tournament."

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