forza italia!!!!

italy had silenced the critics and made their way to the WC final since '94

history, every 12 years they had made it to the final since 1970

1970 - lost to brazil
1982 - won agst german
1994 - lost to brazil again
2006 - final v fra (hope ita can win the WC)

tribute to my all time fav player , Del Piero
he scored the 2nd extra time goal!!!! probrably his last international goal.

italy is only one game away from the cup
hope they can lift the WORLD CUP this 09 Jul 2006 (SGT 10 Jul 2006)

The Team:

Coach
Lippi - mastermind, won lots of silverware with JUVE (now in hot soup!!!)


Defence
buffon - best keeper, only conceded an own goal
cannavaro - STOPPER
grosso & zambrotta - scoring wingback, attack minded (created a questionable penalty agst AUSSIE, scorer agst german and latter scored agst UKR)

Midfield
pirlo - midfield general (also scored ITA 1st goal in this WC)
gattuso - bull dozer and ball winner

Forward
totti - creator of chances and goals (scored penalty agst aussie)
del piero - scored agst german as a sub
toni, gilardino, iaquinta - scored very few goals but created lots of chances (# of goals 2,1,1)


ALL THE BEST ITALIA CALCIO!!!!!!!

posted: 06 Jul 2006, 1340hrs