Kerr concerned after defeat by ‘technically superior’ visitors

Ian Parkes

With this friendly coming just three weeks ahead of a vital World Cup qualifier at home to France, the defeat and the manner of the performance was not what Kerr wanted.

Kerr chose the Italians for this match because they play a similar style of game to the French, and will have been shocked by the way his team were outplayed in the opening 30 minutes in particular.