The Italian legend was finding it difficult to find superlatives for the performance put in by the Azzurri national team against the mighty Die Mannschaft.
Odds were favouring the Germans to go into the finals and have the same final as of 2008, to exact revenge over their 1-0 loss in the finals at the hands of the Spaniards. However, the finale has been set up against the Italians
and La Roja, which will be the same fixture that started things off in Group C of Euro 2012.
However, moods of both camps have changed, whereas http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 have been finding it difficult to disturb opposition net, Italy have gained momentum at the right time. The second semi-final was dominated by the Italians and they totally
annihilated the German team, as Germany always played second fiddle during the match.
Zoff is most remembered for his heroics in 1968 for the Azzurri national team, and was one of the best goalkeepers of his era. The former Italy boss also commented on the work ethic and performance by La Nazionale, and stated that
it was a master class by the boys in blue. He further went on to state:
“We saw a great http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 against Germany. The Italians won comfortably by giving German football a lesson. They feared us from the beginning – you could tell by the side that they selected at the start.”
Cesare Prandelli was adamant in fielding the same formation and style of play against the Germans and would not get ultra defensive given their opposition.
Prandelli stuck by his word and put forth an attacking team, which gave its just rewards for the national side. During his interview to TMW, he was quoted to have said:
“Prandelli was behind this masterpiece. He’s been doing really well with the national team thanks to the great work he has done over the last two years.”
The former Juventus keeper held words of praise for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mario-Balotelli-c23937 as well, and commented that the striker did well to keep on keeping on, and stated:
“Mario did well to transform what he had done well in the previous games into goals against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904. He went close in the matches before...”
Prandelli went with Balotelli for the semi-finals despite popular sentiment stating Di Natale’s inclusion in the starting line-up.
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