I've read the report and most of the comments here.
So we have an in experienced pilot at just about the most stressful point when he's thrown a curve ball. Is it possible he mentally handed back control to the higher authority? I'm sure there are good examples of this happening to experienced pilots in "Aftermath".
I recall an incident in the USA where a large plane went down after running out of fuel. At several points the experienced pilot accepted instructions from ATC that he should have rejected given his fuel situation. He felt that he was being "taken care of" and that "ATC knew best".
In this case the pilot had already been corrected (on the ground) so may have felt more inclined to follow instructions carefully in future. Later he's told to go around and might have followed that instruction perfectly when he was told, in effect, not to carry out the go around proceedure but to turn and fly north instead.
Please note that I'm not pointing the finger at ATC or the pilot here.