Italy head coach Gian Piero Ventura felt his team's 1-0 World Cup play-off loss to Sweden was "an incorrect result".
The Azzurri face missing out on World Cup qualification for the first time in 60 years – a situation they must now remedy in Monday's return leg at San Siro.
Ventura reverted to the 3-5-2 formation employed by predecessor Antonio Conte for the match at Friends Arena but they lacked creativity in the face of a robust Sweden side, who claimed victory through substitute Jakob Johansson's deflected strike in the 61st minute.
Matteo Darmian almost equalised when his rasping drive cannoned back off the post, leaving Ventura feeling hard done by, and he reserved some of his frustration for the match officials.