Maybe all of that got to us. We took it lightly. We almost took it for granted. We thought it would be a routine affair. Turn up and win. That’s all.
Okay so we got a little ahead of ourselves...
We became overconfident.
The host nation...
Number one ranking...
Tournament favourites...
Until defeat came and smacked us bang in the face.
Defeat in the very first game of World Cup.
So much for being tournament favourites...