ROAD TO FINAL

hmm... let's track back how italy manage to reach final stage (and become a world champion).

Start this world cup on group E and had Ghana, USA and Czech as rivals. First match Italy against Ghana. And i surprised coz this is the first time Italy doesnt play catenaccio. They attacked since kick off. As the result they scored 2-0 for their victory. That was a great play coz Ghana played so well in this world cup since they've beaten USA and Czech to have their ticket to the next round.

Second match, Italy against USA. That was a very rough match. 3 red cards and so many yellow cards. As result, it was draw 1-1. USA had their goal from Italian, Zaccardo.

Third match, Italy against Czech. Italy at least must have draw as result. That was a great match. Czech was just beaten by Ghana so they have to win to have ticket for next round. Czech played good and Italy did. And as result, 2-0 for Italy. That was a fair game.

So next round for Italy. and should played against Australia.
This was a very very great game. They both had some chances to score and both always failed. It was at extra time on second half when Grosso made individual move broke Australian defender. Australian tried to stop him at the penalty box. and there was a penalty. 1-0 for Italy at extra time.

And i knew Italy would have at least reach semi final.
On quarter-final, they met Ukraine which is on Gilardino is weaker that Swiss (Ukraine met Swiss, 3-0 for Ukraine at penalty). And he proved what they said as Italy beat Ukraine 3-0.

Italy on semi-final met Germany. They both played great. 0-0 until 90minutes. Still 0-0 on the first 15minutes extra time. And about a minute before second extra time, Grosso scored. What a great goal. As Germany starts to try to score, Del Piero scored. and there was a
final whistle. 2-0 for Italian victory.
WHAT A GREAT GAME .. ..

Italy is now different. They're not use pure catenaccio anymore. They tend to attack. Even Grosso the defender has the opportunity to score (and he did). They play as a team, Italia. They can maintain their emotion and keep it stable until the final whistle. They build the formation to attack but never forget to build the great barrier at the back.

On Final, Italy would meet France (France beat Portugal 1-0 through Zidane's penalty for reaching the final).

On me, tactically, Italy would be far better than France. Not because I'm Italiy fans, but i thought France just so-so. sometimes they good but usually just not. Their best performance was on quarter-final when they beat Brazil 1-0. But in this World Cup, Brazil wasn't as good as usually they do.
I thought, if Italy just play as good as they usually do, keep the spirit, keep the emotion and always discipline until the final whistle, i'm pretty sure, the world champion would be Italy..

GO ITALY!!!