Italy's goal

Italy's goals against Germany in the 119th minute of the world cup semifinal

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Sports

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• italy
• semifinal
• world
• cup
• soccer
• germany
• grosso
• del
• piero

[gabem2009]

It never fails to amaze me how people underestimate Italy.

An experienced coach knows how to use that to his advantage. I'm looking forward to Marcello Lippi surprising his many detractors.

[MrRoma753]

@jesuistahmid

This year wasn't a surprise considering Italy played with injuries and Spain was the favorite. But Spain played well and deserved to win.

Italy and Brazil are the only teams to ever repeat.

[jesuistahmid]

@gabem2009 yea... its been quite a surprise eh ;)

[072456jf]

i still get goosebumps!!!

[LordAntWarrior]

In regards to the 06 Brasil team- what does that have to do with this argument? Like I say, I am not a Brasil fan, so any insult against Brasil means nothing to me. I am the first to say that on paper, the 06 team should have licked everybody there. But the game isn't played on paper, and they deservedly lost. They weren't even a hundredth of the attacking team the 02 Brasil team was.

[LordAntWarrior]

And as for your argument that Brasil had an easier road than Germany: If you consider Paraguay, USA and Korea bigger tests than Belgium, England and Turkey then you really don't know your stuff as much as you'd like to think. Sure, BOTH teams should have had harder paths to the final, but how was that possible when most of the big teams were already out?!?

[LordAntWarrior]

Like I say, Korea's run to the semi final was extremely dubious, and so Italy and Spain probarbly should have progressed further. But even so, you can't argue that either of the two played outstandingly well anyway- Italy only gained 4 points in thier group!

So if Brasil were "controversial winners" (as continentalop99 said) then who, in your opinion should have won it?

[LordAntWarrior]

Your argument against the 2002 Brasil team is very flawed since you claim they played ugly attacking football yet that is exactly the style that Italy played in 2006 and continue to do so. And it is even worse because Italy are far more defensive minded.

The 2002 tournament was a unique one in that none of the big teams were really any good- Argentina/Portugal/France out in the group stage, Italy and Spain eliminated by S Korea, England bottling it again.

[LordAntWarrior]

First and foremost I am NOT a Brasil fan. I was born in England and the only national team I support is my them. But let's leave England out of this because the less said about my own national team the better. I fondly remember the 2002 World Cup and in my opinion that Brasil team were the best Brasil team since at least the 80's with Socrates etc. And that's saying something considering the 94 team won the World Cup as well.