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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormvolution 9" data-source="post: 1466576" data-attributes="member: 14618">Myself i didnt bet la... But am hoping for Italy to b de World Champion of 2006!!! Really looking forwards to it!!! Hopefully it wil happen again - Italy Champion of de World, in de rest of my life la... Myself was fuc*ing disappointed n sad when Roberto Baggio (My all time favourate player) missed tht crucial penalty against de Brazilian in 1994... It stil hurt me even until today!!! I mean R.Baggio did so much to single handedly brought de Italian into de Final, n why it hv to b him to missed de last kick... Sigh!!! How luck can 'play ard' with a person!!! I stil Luv him very much!!! So... Hopefully this is de time de Italian to do it... And do it right n proud!!! Italia! Italia! Italia!!!! :_:But it wil b a tough tough game in de final! Yep, France was very lucky for de past few games... But tht's actually what u need to b a tournament champion!!! Italy did hv thier luck as well in de game against de Aussie... But to played against de host nation n won... It prove something!!! :shades_smile:Am expecting de Italian to employ de same tactic again 4-3-2-1!!! It works wonder for them in de last game against Germany... n its oso de onli to provide more protection to their defence n goal! Buffon wil again form a tight wall together with Canavaro n Meterrazi. Gattuso wil b de midfield anchor man braking up opponent attack n a ball winner as well... Pirlo wil b distributing de ball n attack from deep whereas Totti wil b de attacking forward supporting de lone striker in Luca Toni!!! It wil b a high order for Toni as he wil again left alone up front chasing shadow n pressuring de France defence... But Italy do hv a equevalent sub in Gilardino in de 2nd half... Again, de game plan hv to b how to stop Zizou... I believe Gattuso wil b more than able to do so no problem... As in Henry, de speed n solidness of Canavaro wil b hard for him to brake through! Then come de biggest headache - how to breach de French defence tht r so tight n solid... Very obvious, thier weaknesses r their full-back where its clearly been exposed by de Portugal wingers in numarous times... But de thing is Italy do not hv de same quality wingers as in C. Ronaldo n Figo... To do it, lotsa 1st touch n fast team movement needed from de Italian... Myself oso expecting lotsa long shot outside de 18 yard box from de Italian side!!! It might turn out to b a boring game as both teams r able to cancel each other out... De 1st 30mins wil b crucial!!! Team tht score de 1st goal, 95% wil b de winner!!! Oh yeah... For me i think de Italian winner might b de French keeper - F. Barthez!!! Since his days with MU, v all know him well... He can b either very good on de nite or totally like a sohai... very inconsistence... Jus look at tht save he made off C. Ronaldo free kick!!!As i said b4, de Italian hv an extra day rest over de French! So players tht r over 30, r more likely to feel it... All de best to everyone tht r betting!!! I jus wanna Italy to b champion!!! Extra time or penalty oso i dun care!!!:_:</blockquote>