well no1 denies that italy deserved 2 win this game & go 2 the final...the 1st half of this game was very balanced with both teams fightin 2 ctrl the ball in the midfield which didnt create 2 many occasions except when schneider had the ball in front of the goal with only the keeper 2 beat but he put it wide & missed a huge chance 2 give his team an important lead...italy was unbelievably solid & totally neutralized miroslav klose who had his most disappointing game of this world cup...italy had an occasion 2 but lehmann managed 2 ctrl the ball in front of grosso...the 2nd half was more in the advantage of the german who attacked more the italian goal without 2 much danger though...ballack like many superstars in this mondial like ronaldinho & lampard was again very deceiving...but his teammate sebastian kehl was a very gd replacement 4 torsten frings...gd choice 2 from klinsmann 2 start with borowski & then substituting him with schwerinsteiger who didnt 2 much balls though(the main goal of this substitution was bringing some activity on the side in a critical moment of the game)...the game ended in its regular time on a score of 0-0...the italians attacked the german goal in the 1st period of extra-time & hit the post twice in 2min...i guess its because they knew that penalties were in the favor of the german who r the best ppl in this type of exercise...then the tempo went a lil bit down with game bein again taken 2 the midfield...this half witnessed 1 last header by podolski that went wide from buffon's goal...2nd period started where the 1st 1 ended:in the midfield...the germans had a huge occasion 2 score with podolski again but buffon did a fantastic save...game was headin 2 penalties,both managers started 2 plan 4 this by enterin neuville 4 germany & del piero 4 italy(he entered 4 perrota who doesnt take penalties)...lehmann saved his goal another time & conceded a corner that turned out 2 be fatal...pirlo received the ball & dished it 2 grosso who scored the goal of his life(& what a goal it was)...the german attacked but cannavaro(the man of the match imo) took the ball & allowed a counter-attack where gilardino did a huge job & delivered it 2 del piero who crushed the german hopes...
again italy deserved 2 win...they had ctrl of the midfield with pirlo & gattuso(who neutralised perfectly ballack) & their defense was again flawless...as 4 germany i was very deceived with philip lahm's per4mance...this guy started in a very energetic way in this world cup but then lost his tempo & he was far from givin his best against argentina & italy...& as i said b4 ballack was a huge disappointment & didnt bring much 2 his team...the 2 coaches did their job...klinsmann tried with the game advancin 2 put some activity on the sides with schweinsteiger & odonkor(but this time it didnt work really well)...as 4 lippi he did a very nice move by enterin iaquinta who did a very nice job...gilardino did in a few minutes much more than toni in a big part of the game...del piero was supposed 2 be 1 of the kickers in the shootout & he ended up scorin the K-O goal...italy did its best game of this world cup & proved that they r still a big name on the intl level...hopefully this gd per4mance will erase some of the schock done in the calcio these last few weeks...as 4 germany hard luck...they failed really close 2 the goal but showed that they have a very nice generation that is gonna take over in a few years & that will be really succesful...1 last word abt the referee...gr8 job...ctrled the game & was very fair on all the actions...
2nite france-portugal in a very tricky game between 2 teams that play the same way...a 4-2-3-1 that worked really well 4 the squads so far...no1 can know the outcome of this gamethat will be a real battle in all the aspects