Eurosport - Mon, July 9 2007 11:54:00
On July 9, 2006 the Azzurri World Champion in Germany after the victory against France's Zidane. An amazing ride, to trace all in one go. A success that has the face of Fabio Grosso and is experienced by the whole country like revenge on the poisons of Calciopoli
twelve months have passed since that magical July 9, 2006, when the Italian national team was crowned world champion on the night in Berlin. A particular year, Juventus in Serie B, the "Inter champion of Italy, Milan roof continental and surveys that Calciopoli, criminal, still do not seem to find a conclusion. Events that do not cancel but that triumph.
Boys Lippi to hit the trail a thousand German doubt, and very, very few certainties. Those of a group that has nothing to lose. The lack of trust around them feel the blues instead turns into a special adhesive. Triggers that spring found in the samples. The real ones. They look at face and make a pact. Redeeming the name of Italy, Moggiopoli tarnished by the scandal, and return it to the top of the world.
in the United States in basketball in the NBA, there is a saying: "Never underestimate the heart of a champion. "That heart which becomes, in Germany this month, one of the blue that allows to overcome the difficulties of a departure from the simplest.
After a victory over the net result in terms of game against Ghana - Pirlo and Iaquinta networks - comes the unexpected draw against the United States. De Rossi loses his head, and the kids sent off to become Lippi dall'undici reach the stars and stripes (net of Gilardino, Zaccardo authority).
June 22 in Hamburg, the first crucial test. The game against the Czech Republic is one of those that do not allow second appeals. O inside or outside. Fate seems to turn its back all'undici blue when Nesta was injured. In reality it will be just what Marco Materazzi, which comes in place of AC Milan, to make a difference on the road to the cup. In the race against Nedved and company marks suffered a great network, diverting more than eight feet in height from a corner kick from the right. Grief, restarts and the network of SuperPippo Inzaghi terminating the match and allows you to reach the second round. The
Australia plays a simple football, but he can embarrass Materazzi and his companions. The Inter defender is sent off and makes it very difficult race that seems haunted. Lippi returns on their decisions, replaces Del Piero and Totti (initially left on the bench) and when everything seems penalty to leave thinking, comes Fabio Grosso, one of the heroes of this World, runs, dribbles and was brought down in Australian area. Totti penalty that transforms, among the thousands of controversy for a decision that magazine in slow motion, it seems crystal clear.
the quarterfinals against Ukraine, the Azzurri dispute their best match of the tournament. A three to zero, which leaves no discussion of a technical superiority that is starting to hope for even the most skeptical. Zambrotta and a brace from Toni (until then dry, despite the thirty-one goals in the league and won the Golden Boot) give the semi-finals. Where we expect Germany. A fascinating race, and not just from a sporting point of view.
A rivalry that blends with the story, with the desire to give to all those Italian immigrants in Dortmund revenge after years of teasing. You pulled a race, you fight on all the balls and a draw seems the most obvious result. And for the second time Fabio Grosso to show that in football there are no absolutes. We have two minutes at the end of the second overtime and the defender takes a claim to which Abruzzo Lehmann can not reach. They spend sixty seconds and Del Piero, guard, signed on 2 to 0 that is the final. In Berlin we
France, in a replica of the 1998 World Cup quarter-final and final of Euro 2000. A race tight, nervous, in which the Azzurri prove to be technically and tactically organized, but above all to have a big heart. Why to be under a zero (net of Zidane, who turns a penalty awarded for a knockdown Malouda) after six minutes could draw a bull. But not the boys of Lippi. There is a reaction, but vehement intelligent at the same time, allowing us to grab a draw. Apply to Pirlo, Materazzi anticipates Viera and marks the one to one.
The blues are good at defending on Ribery and Malouda, two real tightrope walkers on the wings. And again, creating occasionally sharp (not transformed by the resounding tones). You get extra time Zidane and loses control.
The cameras framed the former Juventus close Materazzi, the two talk, Zizou then turns around and buries his head in the sternum of the full sample, falling to the ground. The linesman sees everything, he called the referee can not be exempt dall'espellere the number ten trans. It comes to penalties. Trezeguet's mistake allows Fabio Grosso to make the decisive penalty and give Italy its fourth world title.
deserved success, achieved with a little luck, thanks to good choice, like Zambrotta moving to the right, leave the bench and throw Zaccardo Grosso. Point to Camoranesi, Perrotta free to enter and leave not to weigh in the poor physical condition Totti prove the decisive points. Lippi is a commissioner Technical extraordinary not only because it can motivate the team, but also because it allows all the twenty-two invited to have their moment of glory.
Gilardino, Inzaghi, Iaquinta, Del Piero and Toni can pull out, everyone at the right time, your rabbit from the hat. Fortune favors when it leaves the pits Nesta and Materazzi launches and when the referee whistled a penalty against Australia in doubt. But success is the result of collective work in which everyone has a defined role. A group that does not flake despite the error in De Rossi against the United States or the difficulty of Toni finding the net.
a success that is signed by Lippi, a stubborn Viareggio, you either love or hate. Party to the controversy between the desire to hold Christian Vieri and have balked at Zaccardo (in favor of Panucci) has risked and won. And with him all over Italy, July 9, 2006 that has spilled into the street, a party that would last all night. It's not every day that you can yell "We are the world champions'
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http://it.eurosport.yahoo.com/09072007/45/mondiali-germania-2006-berlino-anno-dopo.html
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