Toni: Italians focused despite death of fan

ITALY striker Luca Toni insists the world champions will be fully focused on securing qualification for Euro 2008 in Saturday’s showdown with Scotland.

Toni, who helped the Azzurri win the 2006 World Cup in Germany at a time when Italian football had been rocked by a match-fixing scandal, believes no comparison should be drawn between that situation and the current crisis caused by the fatal shooting by police of a Lazio fan, Gabriele Sandri, at the weekend.

“They’re two very different things,” said Toni. “We are all disappointed and saddened by what has happened. But we don’t need controversies to motivate us.