Despite me writing them
off the Italians played like a team without expectation and just went for it,
and surprisingly Germany struggled for most of the game to try and stop them.
Many column inches have
been dedicated to the mercurial Mario Balotelli, but last night he produced a performance
few saw coming, he closed down, linked up with teammates, didn’t throw a
tantrum and most importantly scored two well taken goals.
Maybe he will kick on
and we’ll see less madness and more of last night. (it’s possible)
Added to the Germans
exit, I turned over moments later in pure amazement to see that Rafael Nadal had
been knocked out of Wimbledon, the first time he’s exited a grand slam this
early for seven years.
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves
here, but that does mean should he get there Murray won’t have to play Nadal in
the semis, I’m sure he’ll be relieved as he’s lost to Nadal at that stage the
past two years.
Back to the football
and having kept up their hoodoo over the Germans the Italians now face Spain in
the final.
Italy have surprised me
in getting this far but I think Spain will be too much for them, Pirlo who
again ran the show against Germany will definitely have a more difficult time of it as Spain are
the best side in possession.
It will be tight but I
think Spain will win and make it 3 major tournaments in a row and rightly go
down as one of, if not the best international side ever. (But I’ve been wrong
before)
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