Pelle: I'm sorry

Graziano Pelle has apologised for his penalty miss in Italy's Euro 2016 quarter-final against Germany. 

Pelle did not just miss his penalty, he made a panenka gesture to German keeper Manuel Neuer before his penalty, for which the Southampton man was heavily criticised. 

"It is not important to me now that it was a good tournament for Italy overall. I am very sad and I would like to apologise to all of Italy. I want to say sorry to my team-mates, to the coach, to the fans and to anyone else who wished me the best," Pelle told the media.

"I had just one job and that was to score the penalty. I would have become a phenomenon had I done that. I was a nobody when I arrived at the Euros and I am still a nobody now. But I have always given my all for the jersey of Italy.

"I did not want to disrespect Neuer. I wanted to deceive him. I saw that he dived before the penalty takers had hit their shot and he seemed to be flying to the corners. I tried to make him stay in the middle of his goal a bit longer by making the Panenka-gesture."

What do you think to Pelle's gesture? Was it disrespectful or just gamesmanship?