Ok,
Will The AZZURRI PLEASE SHOW UP!! I REPEAT, ITALIA, EQUALS PADLOCK DEFENSE!! NOT WIDE OPEN, CAUGHT WITH YOUR PANTS DOWN OFFENSE!!!
THE TALENT IS THERE! DONADONI, USE IT WISELY!!
My modest suggestions:
Buffon was actually the strongest in the match and it would have easily been 5-0 without his aggressive play
defense: I love panucci, but I am ready to see Chielini start, he has ruthless aggression and will take a bad call here and there BUT, you will think twice coming into HIS house!
Midfield: I know the ease of AC Milan midfield is appealing BUT as huge of a Milan fan I am, they were not too stellar this year...Lets keep ringho and Pirlo as they are perfect , put lets Go with that young talent in aquilani and De Rossi?? Hello??
Up top: I am a huge Luca Toni fan, but I want to see something different in game two
I would love to see Del Peiero, Yes, can anyone doubt that the point at which italia look like Azzurri was when Alex entered late and down by 2? and my big pick, Antonio cassano!!! PLEASE start Cassano!!
Here is La Gazzettas summary:
HUMILIATION - The only way back at this point for Italy would have been through one of those miraculous efforts, perhaps inspired by the right substitutions. Instead Donadoni brought exactly the same team out for the second half and made the first change only after 54 minutes when Grosso came on for Materazzi. The Azzurri defence was thus reshuffled with Zambrotta on the right, Panucci in the middle and the Lyon defender on the right. But Italy seemed to lack passion and the will to win, the team unable to find their rhythm, ineffective just like Zambrotta's turning shot on 53 minutes, weak as Toni's low shot on 60 minutes. Donadoni then tried to change things by replacing Di Natale with Del Piero, who had started the game well but had lost his way in the tragic events of the first half. On 66 minutes, Del Piero tested van der Sar with a shot, but it was simply not good enough. With 75 minutes on the clock, Donadoni replaced Camoranesi with Cassano, but it was simply not to be. Had there been a more aggressive midfield, able to placate the orange tide, perhaps we would have been writing a different story. Instead Holland kept on pottering along in the knowledge that their backs were covered by a comfortable lead, and even took pleasure in their mistakes as Toni on 76 minutes contrived to miss the impossible alone in front of van der Sar. On 78 minutes the Dutch goalkeeper then pulled off two miraculous saves first from Grosso and then from Pirlo, putting the icing on top of the triumph, because it is of triumphs we must talk about. On 79 minutes the world champions fell apart once again allowing van Bronckhorst to add a third, serviced by the usual Kuyt. Never has Italy got off to such a bad start in a tournament. The Azzurri can already no longer afford any mistakes.
from our correspondentGaetano De Stefano
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I think we need to start a poll of precisely what time the Federcalcio was calling Signor Lippi last night.
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