Listed at 5-feet-7 and 154 pounds, Di Natale was long considered too small short and slight to play a central attacking role and was usually deployed on the wing.
And Cox showed his finishing prowess when he powered in a long range strike, which might have taken a deflection off Yuki Abe, to put the Di Matteo's men into the quarter-finals.
There was certainly a quick rebound in performance that is the norm with any managerial change, and Di Matteo did take the team on to the FA Cup and Champions League double against improbably long odds.