Mature Italy earn their reward

Tactical maturity
"I'm very satisfied," said Berrettini. "I've been with this team for three years and the first year when they were Under-16 we had a good tournament in England. They've really matured well on the international stage, especially on a tactical level.

'We give nothing away'
"Between qualifying and winning this championship, we've won nine games and drawn one. We've got better with each game since we came here. We're a determined, solid team and we give nothing away. We were competitive in all departments."

Difficult for Portugal
Portugal never recovered after going 2-0 down inside 28 minutes. Berrettini said: "We had a good first half, we got the goal and were able to control the opposition. It was difficult for Portugal."

'Physical game'
Italy collected six bookings in the match and Portugal four, as well as having Flávio Igor sent off, but Berrettini said: "If you look at the number of bookings it was a hard game but it was a final. It was not a dirty game but a physical game."

Quality players
Asked which Italy players had impressed him the most over the course of the tournament, he said: "It was a collective victory. There are players with great determination. Others with real quality especially [Alberto] Aquilani, Pazzini, [Andrea] Mantovani, the captain, and [Damiano] Ferronetti, who give us a bit of quality."

No coming back
Portugal coach Carlos Dinis admitted his side were left with a mountain to climb after conceding a third-minute goal to Luigi Della Rocca and a second to Pazzini shortly before the half-hour. The Portuguese had fallen 2-0 behind in each of their last two matches before coming back, but not this time.

Lack of concentration
"Again we didn't concentrate at the start of the match and it cost us," he said. "The main problem for us was to concede the early goal. After that all the 50-50 balls seemed to go their way - nothing went our way. The second half we fought and had some spells of good football but unfortunately for us it was not our day."