Kevin De Bruyne insisted that injury-hit Belgium "gave everything" in their 2-1 Euro 2020 quarter-final defeat by Italy as the world`s top-ranked team bowed out on Friday. Belgium grabbed a lifeline just before half-time when Romelu Lukaku converted a penalty after Nicolo Barella and Lorenzo Insigne scored first-half goals for the Azzurri in Munich. Belgium were without injured captain Eden Hazard, but De Bruyne created two great second-half chances which Lukaku and Thorgan Hazard came agonisingly close to converting. 

"We`re disappointed, but we have to be realistic -- we knew it would be difficult because many factors worked against us," De Bruyne told broadcaster RTBF. The Manchester City star pointed to Eden Hazard`s hamstring injury, Timothy Castagne`s eye injury in the opening game and the fact Axel Witsel had only just recovered from injury before the tournament. "We had too many problems to be at 100 percent, personally, I wasn`t 100 percent," admitted De Bruyne, who overcame an ankle problem to play. "I thank the medical staff who did an incredible job so that I could play despite a torn ligament. "I fought hard, we all fought until the end. "In the first half, Italy were better, but we had chances to make it 2-2.