England surprisingly poor, they've never been able to create football, except for maybe 10 minutes in the first half. All time defending in 10 'old italian style', but without the talent and velocity to produce the 'old italian style' lethal counter-attacks.
Second half Italy lost DeRossi and Cassano was out of fuel, so the pressure lowered, but England was not in condition to play, they just breathed a little bit better.
Probably they had a very bad day, historically England was never a winner but was always fighting fiercely.
With also a bit of bad luck, final score is two bars hit and 5-6 clear goal opportunities missed.
Germany will not forgive such waste, and will also allow much less opportunities.
But not all is good for Italy: the two crazy-artists (Cassano and Balotelli), the only ones who could give the team a quantum laep in quality were the two who played worse. One missed all that was possible to miss and the other was almost inconsistent.
If they don't wake up, there is no chance with Germany: we could only hope to play like England did tonight and land to the penalty lottery.
Plus, as i said, the positive string of Italy vs Germany is too long, and statistically the probability is for a change.
but who knows: ' la bola es tonda' (H.Herrera) and 'non dire gatto se non ce l'hai nel sacco' (never say 'cat' until you have put it in the sack') (G. Trapattoni)
