The man in the mirror

It seems to be the name on everyone’s lips going into tomorrow’s final of Euro 2012. But it certainly wasn’t on mine immediately after the referee’s whistle in Poznan brought our tournament to a disappointing close two weeks ago. And that’s because, strange as it must sound, I wasn’t actually aware we’d been beaten 2-0 by Italy, with Balotelli getting the second on the stroke of full-time.

By the time his acrobatic volley was hitting the back of the net, I was already in the dressing room having been sent off when Italy were a goal up. And though Tom, one of our security men, tried to gee me up and suggested I go back out onto the pitch after the game, well, let’s just say that I wasn’t in the best of form and stayed where I was.