My limited (drunken) recollections were of Luca getting better and better in the later games; it's the recency effect.
When it's the semi-final (or whatever) and you've just seen Candidate A wham a victorious shot from his own half, then that tends to stick in your mind better than the three unspectacular goals scored by Candidate B hours ago to keep his/her team in the winners bracket...
My limited (drunken) recollections were of Luca getting better and better in the later games; it's the recency effect.
When it's the semi-final (or whatever) and you've just seen Candidate A wham a victorious shot from his own half, then that tends to stick in your mind better than the three unspectacular goals scored by Candidate B hours ago to keep his/her team in the winners bracket...