Originally posted on 06/03/2015:

Quote Originally Posted by LFC1892 View Post
'We all had Istanbul Syndrome' Andrea Pirlo opens up about defeat to Liverpool in Champions League final

Pirlo has spoken about the defeat and the devastation he felt, so much so he questioned his career.
The Italian said: "When the torture of the game was finished, we sat like a bunch of half-wits in the dressing room. We couldn't speak, we couldn't move. They'd mentally destroyed us.
"The damage was already evident even in those early moments, and it only got more stark and serious as the hours went on.
"Insomnia, rage, depression, a sense of nothingness. We'd invented a new disease with multiple symptoms: Istanbul syndrome.
"I no longer felt like a player, and that was devastating enough. Even worse, I no longer felt like a man."
And then Liverpool got Istanbul Syndrome'd by Crystal Palace.