Under FIFA guidelines, the manager will risk losing one of his best players for the rest of the match once a substitute has been called to replace him while a health check is done and recovery is on the way. A player cannot re-enter a match if he has been replaced by a substitute, Business Insider said.
The New York Times said the Italians lacked imagination, and will, and made poor passes, which was evidence that they have failed to adapt to the humid weather. Mario Balotelli, who had two chances at securing a clear goal for his team, came out flat, just like the rest of his teammates in the first 45 minutes of the game.
Police believed that some of the fans who have purchased the hard-to-get-by tickets on the black market tried to pass them off as legitimate purchases by coming into matches supposedly disabled and in wheelchairs. The news report said that many of the concession tickets reserved for the disabled had fallen into unscrupulous individuals.