RE:Spain Defy History by mithun on Jun 23, 2008 05:56 PM  Permalink dude it would have been the biggest dissappointment if Italy had actually made it to the semis....They played such boring football and did not let the spaniards play their game by putting 7,8 or even 9 men back whenever spain had the ball. They honestly do not deserve the tag of world champions if they play the way they did in this tournament.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Spain Defy History by shamanth on Jun 23, 2008 06:26 PM  Permalink dude, dont comment on the italians....get ur mind refreshed if at all u know anything abt soccer, italians have the strongest defence in the world, they have the nack of striking back with their defence...they have been playing the same defensive game since ages...    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Spain Defy History by mithun on Jun 23, 2008 06:49 PM  Permalink dude they also scored goals despite of their defensive game...."since ages". So u get ur mind refreshed as far as knowledge of soccer is concerned!!! And if u dont know let me tell you that to win a game of football or soccer as u call it, you need to score more goals than the opposition!!! You cant win by scoring 0 goals!!!! All good italian teams of the past were good at scorin a goal and then protecting it. They have always had good attack minded players(recent times read Pirlo, Totti & evn De Rossi) along with the best defenders...And their strikers have always been much better than luca toni for sure. The fact is this italian team did not look like scoring goals at all....even when they had gattuso & pirlo in the eleven in the group stages. And that is why it is a boon for the tournament that they lost yesterday. I mean come on yar...you cant play for penalties and hope to get out on top of the LUCKY DRAW!!! And still if you wanna cry about italy goin out then dude enjoy yourself....    Forward   |   Report abuse