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Originally Posted by 2H-Dragon
My hart stopped when he entered the field. The dude is so badass, but yay for Italy for underestimating us. Giovanni was the man of the match this time. Blocking the ball running like a mad man setting up the counter.
That said Italy vs France is going to be epic. A low on stakes Italy and France who's out for revenge.
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I wouldn't even say you guys have been understimated, I mean, all of us knew that Holland is deadly offensive. It's just Donadoni who is completely stupid and stubborn in his decisions. There's no way in hell Di Natale should be preferred to Del Piero, especially since Del Piero finished top scorer in Serie A this season and has been getting better and better by the end of it.
Any coach with a bit of brain would have fielded this formation:
from left to right:
Forwards: Del Piero Toni
Midfield: Aquilani, De Rossi, Pirlo, Camoranesi
Defence: Grosso, Chiellini, Barzagli/Gamberini, Zambrotta.
With this starting lineup I am sure that atleast we wouldn't have conceded three goals and we would have atleast been more dangerous. But Donadoni has already shown that he's stubborn even when he's aware that his decision are totally wrong, he just doesn't have the humility to admit his mistakes nor he tries to fix them. You can totally see how much of a huge difference there is between his cocky attitude and Lippi's wisdom and charisma. :\
I mean, how can a person with a working brain field Milan's Midfield (Pirlo+Gattuso+Ambrosini) when Milan played horribly this season because of them? Gattuso and Ambrosini are in their worst form ever, why on earth would Donadoni even start them?
Defeating Romania and France sounds like pure utopia to me at the moment, as long as this idiot of a coach is sitting there on the bench trying to look cool rather than doing his job properly. He should go back play some golf as he stated in the press conference before this game, maybe he can do something decent there atleast.
On an other note, I disagree with you on the player of the match. In my eyes Sneijder was definetely the best player on the pitch.