Italy coach Roberto Donadoni has shrugged off the pressure he's under from the local media.

"It's not true that there aren't any journalists with technical knowledge, but there are possibly few," he said ruefully.

"It doesn't really get to me that I'm not protected from the media. I have my way of being - I don't know whether it's good or bad, it's just me.

"What have been the most irritating questions recently? Over the last few months it has been all this talk about the last chance saloon."