RAI, the Italian state broadcaster, led their late-night sports programme with ten minutes of analysis. The presenter, visibly shaken, described the result as "una umiliazione storica," a historic humiliation.
The studio showed the Pato hat-trick, the ultras leaving, the Holmesdale singing "Glad All Over," and the press conference where Walsh had dismissed the result as "the first leg" and pivoted to the trophy drought.
The Italian pundit said: "This young English manager has done something extraordinary. But the most extraordinary thing is what he said afterwards. He said it was not enough. He said they wanted a trophy. He said the match was finished and the next one was beginning. In Italy, we would have celebrated for a week. In South London, they are already preparing for Sunday."
