Lets just say that Italy wasnt bad...the whole defence put up a phenomenal perofrmance against the Beglians who were attacking on waves.Italy went strongin the game and opened the score with Totti who made a very good low header.Then,the typical catenaccio started.Only Inzaghi was up front with the rest 10 defending very effectivelly against the furstrated Belgians who were attacking like mad dogs.The second goal came from the only right pass Inzaghi did duri8ng tyhe whole game,he gave correctly the ball tio Fiore who made a fantastic curling shot in De Wilde's far post leaving no chance to the Belgian goallie.Zoff made a very wise move by leaving Pessotto on the bench because Maldini proved how much he is wasted at a 3 man defence.The captain proved he is still the best left back in the world (he was supposed to be wing back but both he and Zambrotta tunred into full backs after the goal).The midfield battle was completely lost for Italy and thats somethintg to worry about....After the 2nd goial the Belgians were dissapointed and Italy came forward a bit more.
Toldo-The REAL Toldo.Exelent saves and commanding in the air.Very nice performance.
Cannavaro-Rock solid,didnt put a foot wrong during the whole game,Fabio once again palced himself in the first rank of shining players alonmg with...
...Nesta-The Lazio captain was fantastic.He didnt make one mistake during the whole game.In fact he was only a bit better than...
...Iuliano-Mark was very good.He didnt face any problems and lets not forget that his left side had to face the best player of the game,Eric Deflandre,an exiting and attacking full back.Very good for Iuliano.
Zambrotta-He gave many battle with Bart Goor and won many of them.He wasnt bad,its just that Zambrotta is at his best when attacking,and tonight he had to defend.Ok perofrmance but he has lot more to offer.
Conte-Antonio wasnt as good as against turkey,mainly because he didnt hasd the chance to go forward,however,he was tiredless running at the midfield and despite not managing many things we can at least say he was trying unlike...
...Albertini-I really dont know WHY this guy is in there.He is just standing in the centner anmd does nothing.Really invisible...a hard tackler and runner like Di Biaggio or Di Livio would be more useful than Demetrio.
Maldini-Man of the match for Italy.He had to deal with Belgium's right side,with two players like aggreisve Deflandre and a truck named Verheyen and he did it exeptionally good.Very helpful at defence he was the starter of the (very few) Italian wing attacks.
Fiore-Exelent.He should mark a bit more but he was an oasis of creativity in Italy's midfield.His performance was topped by an exelent goal.
Totti-Totti scored and was ok but I feel that he will be more comfortable and useful in a more play-making role.Good performance however and his goal was very good.
Inzaghi-I think Inzaghi finally did it! he tryed very hard but he finally made it.He managed to be off side at every italian attack.Really impressive.Italy had very few good attacks,but these were wasted by the fantastic record of Pippo on offsides...he must have been offside for at least 10 times.
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Del Piero-Alex came in and certainly refreshed the attack.He had some very nice moves against the quite tired Belgians defenders.In my opinion he should start up front with Totti in Albertini's place.
Delvecchio-Didnt play much,but it was enough to prove his quality:LOW and certainly not good enough for the Squadra Azzura.
Ambrosini-played very few minutes when the game was already decided.
One more thing: This kind of Italy,has no chance against a big team.They played as they could to beat the Belgians who,to be honest,deserved the draw.The defence was unbeatable,but the midfield and the attack need vastly improvement.Zoff made a very nice move by sweitching Maldini at left midfield,does he have the guts to do one more by throwing Albertini,switching totti at his position at the bench and play Del Piero?
Toldo-The REAL Toldo.Exelent saves and commanding in the air.Very nice performance.
Cannavaro-Rock solid,didnt put a foot wrong during the whole game,Fabio once again palced himself in the first rank of shining players alonmg with...
...Nesta-The Lazio captain was fantastic.He didnt make one mistake during the whole game.In fact he was only a bit better than...
...Iuliano-Mark was very good.He didnt face any problems and lets not forget that his left side had to face the best player of the game,Eric Deflandre,an exiting and attacking full back.Very good for Iuliano.
Zambrotta-He gave many battle with Bart Goor and won many of them.He wasnt bad,its just that Zambrotta is at his best when attacking,and tonight he had to defend.Ok perofrmance but he has lot more to offer.
Conte-Antonio wasnt as good as against turkey,mainly because he didnt hasd the chance to go forward,however,he was tiredless running at the midfield and despite not managing many things we can at least say he was trying unlike...
...Albertini-I really dont know WHY this guy is in there.He is just standing in the centner anmd does nothing.Really invisible...a hard tackler and runner like Di Biaggio or Di Livio would be more useful than Demetrio.
Maldini-Man of the match for Italy.He had to deal with Belgium's right side,with two players like aggreisve Deflandre and a truck named Verheyen and he did it exeptionally good.Very helpful at defence he was the starter of the (very few) Italian wing attacks.
Fiore-Exelent.He should mark a bit more but he was an oasis of creativity in Italy's midfield.His performance was topped by an exelent goal.
Totti-Totti scored and was ok but I feel that he will be more comfortable and useful in a more play-making role.Good performance however and his goal was very good.
Inzaghi-I think Inzaghi finally did it! he tryed very hard but he finally made it.He managed to be off side at every italian attack.Really impressive.Italy had very few good attacks,but these were wasted by the fantastic record of Pippo on offsides...he must have been offside for at least 10 times.
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Del Piero-Alex came in and certainly refreshed the attack.He had some very nice moves against the quite tired Belgians defenders.In my opinion he should start up front with Totti in Albertini's place.
Delvecchio-Didnt play much,but it was enough to prove his quality:LOW and certainly not good enough for the Squadra Azzura.
Ambrosini-played very few minutes when the game was already decided.
One more thing: This kind of Italy,has no chance against a big team.They played as they could to beat the Belgians who,to be honest,deserved the draw.The defence was unbeatable,but the midfield and the attack need vastly improvement.Zoff made a very nice move by sweitching Maldini at left midfield,does he have the guts to do one more by throwing Albertini,switching totti at his position at the bench and play Del Piero?