South American side led 17-7 at half-time but fell away during the second half as Italy raised intensity
“It’s quite frustrating to be honest,” said flanker Santiago Civetta. “We dreamed really big about this match and big dreams sometimes come true, sometimes they don’t.
“It was a really epic battle, we gave the best we could. We made more mistakes than we wanted and Italy knew how to exploit them. But we gave our best effort and we need to keep working for our two remaining matches.” Coach Esteban Meneses said he was immensely proud of his players, who were out on their feet in the final stages.
“We came here to make history but Italy played very well in the second half and congratulations to them,” he said.The two Pool A outsiders meet in Lyons next Wednesday, before Uruguay sign off against New Zealand. Italy, who top the pool with 10 points, have the All Blacks and France to come, when it will be their turn to “dream big”.A Capuozzo; L Pani, JI Brex, P Garbisi, M Ioane; T Allan, A Garbisi; D Fischetti, G Nicotera, M Riccioni; N Cannone, F Ruzza; S Negri, M Lamaro, L Cannone.
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