The Final: Spain v Italy
No no, my comment was specifically about how undistinguished the attack had been in those games, not the team.
As i said on every Italian match day thread, Italy's major weakness was their strike force. The Germany game was the one time it matched the quality of the rest of the team.
I found the media bandwagon that jumped all over Balotelli between Thursday and tonight most interesting. He was poor tonight, then acted like a cock at the end too. Back in character.
That's a ludicrous thing to say. Italy were -- uncommonly for them as a football nation -- the better, more imaginative and more positive team in all of their games until tonight. They'd have murdered England, in particular, had Di Natale and not Balotelli started the game. "They did nothing against Croatia", apart from dominate the game and keep the Croatian defenders and Pletikosa very busy, including one magnificent double save.
As i said on every Italian match day thread, Italy's major weakness was their strike force. The Germany game was the one time it matched the quality of the rest of the team.
I found the media bandwagon that jumped all over Balotelli between Thursday and tonight most interesting. He was poor tonight, then acted like a cock at the end too. Back in character.
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