Agree Mort I think Nocerino should be given a go although Prandelli does like his favourites. I know he is 34 but I'd like to see Di Natale start he would pose a much bigger threat up front than Balotelli
my mates took the p*** out of me when i put a bet on italy to win the tournament...............
i can tell you tonight has really taken the smug look off their faces
My wife asked me to put a couple of quid on for her for a bit of interest before we started. Wished I'd have made it a lot more now! I think either team against Spain would have been good but going to be a great game and if Italy score first you'd back them to defend it against any team on that showing.
That was the Balotelli Show, the Pirlo Show and An Italians Guide To Defending all rolled into one there. Said it all along, the betting scandals in Italy are so common they dont affect the squad anymore
Italy were much better than us, if their finishing was better we would have lost 5-0 and not somehow survived to penaltys. No point pretending we would have done a job on Germany
Effing hell that's wrecked me in the spreadbet competition :-)
My head hurts, and I believe that - like Mario - I picked up a caution for my goal celebration. Prandelli has done a great job, but really wasn't happy with Chiellini at makeshift left back, 0 crosses and allowed the Germans forward. Hopefully with proper right sided options for the final he'll move back to the middle. Although I have to say Bonucci or Barzagli don't deserve to be dropped - they've looked our best option in the middle.
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i can tell you tonight has really taken the smug look off their faces
Looks set to be a pretty exciting final. Come on you pepperoni pizza boys!
Should make for a good final.
Mario finally became super:
as said above, doesn't make our result against them look that bad now.
My head hurts, and I believe that - like Mario - I picked up a caution for my goal celebration. Prandelli has done a great job, but really wasn't happy with Chiellini at makeshift left back, 0 crosses and allowed the Germans forward. Hopefully with proper right sided options for the final he'll move back to the middle. Although I have to say Bonucci or Barzagli don't deserve to be dropped - they've looked our best option in the middle.