Pirlo >
I hope he manages to make the World cup but it might be too much for him
Pirlo hasn't lost a game since 2010
Italy have some beastly midfield full of technique and players that can do it all (tackle, pass, shoot etc)
However,
They are described as boring but the Spanish are just f*cked. Busquets first time passing >
Silva's assist in the first game >
Match is set up to be sick. The first time they played was arguably the best match of the tournament.
yeah the first game was easily the best game in terms of football
just didnt mean anything because it was opening group game
got big hopes for this game
Please be a classic final tonight, it has all the makings to be one.
VDB says he will start with a front three
(I would like to see Pedro start just like in the WC Final two years ago)
Will Prandelli go back to the 3-5-2 or keep the diamond? .
Midfield is going to be overloaded.
If Pirlo dominates this final we can safely say he is the most influential footballer since Zidane.
If Balo is clinical like he was against Germany then Italy will be European Champions.
Balo has had a very good tournament so far (such a great outlet for Italy and Pirlo) Forget the Group games they don't matter but the games against England and Germany.
The dilemma for Prandelli is the fact both Right backs are avaliable for selection and Motta is fully fit.
Seriously someone needs to score past Iker FFS (Zidane remains the last player to do so when it matters)
putting money on Italy and balo to score first
Come on italy
Spain have got this, upheld that opinion from the start.
Span have took the piss this tournament.
They haven't been out of reverse gear and still coasted into the final.
You get the feeling they have took every game for a training session to save themselves for an all out attack in the final.
Every player will run 10-15 mph quicker
Every player will completed 3-4m further
Every player will touch the ball 20-30% more
Every player will complete 10% more passes
From the get go Spain are going to hunt, hound, press, burst their lungs, shoot, think greater, think faster, think of creating something we've never seen before.
They have got here in 120% condition, Italy have got here in about 80% condition.
SPAIN 5-0 ITALY
Tonight we will witness the most dominant final in European history
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Span have took the piss this tournament.
They haven't been out of reverse gear and still coasted into the final.
You get the feeling they have took every game for a training session to save themselves for an all out attack in the final.
Every player will run 10-15 mph quicker
Every player will completed 3-4m further
Every player will touch the ball 20-30% more
Every player will complete 10% more passes
From the get go Spain are going to hunt, hound, press, burst their lungs, shoot, think greater, think faster, think of creating something we've never seen before.
They have got here in 120% condition, Italy have got here in about 80% condition.
SPAIN 5-0 ITALY
Tonight we will witness the most dominant final in European history
I c/s what u said thats why they really needed to die in the semi's they are even worse than arsenal with play
hope italy batter spain
Spain. Either late on or AET
can see goals before any extra time, hope Italy stay true and play like usual
wanted Italy to win but this bandwagon of spain being boring and not playing any strikers means
i want them to win 4-0 now
shut everyone up
Italy XI: Buffon; Abate, Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini; Pirlo, Marchisio, De Rossi, Montolivo; Cassano, Balotelli.
Spain XI: Casillas; Arbeloa, Pique, Ramos, Alba; Busquets, Xavi, Xabi Alonso; Iniesta, Silva, Fábregas
Takes a brave man to drop a guy who was arguably the best defender on the night from the semis
Spain pick the same side that got the 1-1 draw
VDB what a tr0ll
BBC for Coverage
ITV for Commentary
Wasn't ITV the one with the guy who kept calling Silva, David Villa?
Said he was injured and couldn't make the EURO's then continued to call Silva, Villa
Then he said Cassano scored against Spain?
BBC however?
Imagine Bright or Keown making the final
faack
Prandelli gone with the diamond yeah (why change a winning shape)
Althoe the 3 at the back worked well against spain
Full backs spot on, Barzagli unfortunate to miss out N Montolivio stays in
Need a big 60 mins from Cassano
loool boiii, bbc it is for me den
VDB what a tr0ll
BBC for Coverage
ITV for Commentary
nah need that lawro laugh
So basically Real Madrid/Barcelona v Juventus/Milan with a Manchester City player on each side
Apart from De Rossi
lool gary is the guy
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EURO 2012: FINAL
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Kiev
Date: Sunday, 1 July
Kick-off: 19:45 BST
Coverage: Live on BBC One, BBC One HD and full coverage on BBC Radio 5live
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque must decide whether to stick with Alvaro Negredo after the striker started the semi-final win over Portugal.
Cesc Fabregas is favourite to start if Del Bosque opts against selecting an out-and-out forward.
Italy's Ignazio Abate should be fit after missing the semi-final against Germany with a hamstring injury.
Strike duo Antonio Cassano (twisted knee) and Mario Balotelli (cramp in the semi-final) are both expected to start.
Midfielder Daniele De Rossi completed 90 minutes against Germany, and appears to have fully recovered from a sciatic nerve problem.
With Abate missing against Germany, Federico Balzaretti shifted from left-back to right-back. If Balzaretti returns to his regular position, Giorgio Chiellini would move inside to centre-back, with Leonardo Bonucci dropping to the bench.
Napoli wing-back Christian Maggio is back from suspension but is likely to be named on the bench.
MATCH PREVIEW
"Shameful Italy… One of our ugliest national teams ever… the end of a generation and an illusion... we were champions of the world and now are the laughing stock of the world."
The Azzurri's exit to Slovakia at the 2010 World Cup was, Italian newspapers agreed, their biggest humiliation since losing to North Korea at the 1966 tournament.
On that occasion the squad were pelted with rotten tomatoes when they returned home, but just two years later they were crowned European champions. Could history repeat itself on Sunday or will reigning world and European champions Spain break new ground by clinching a third consecutive major title?
Transformed under the refreshing tutelage of Cesare Prandelli, Italy have generated real momentum as they go to Kiev in search of their sixth major title.
In previous rounds the Azzurri took heart from their track record against England and Germany, and it is a similar story against their Mediterranean neighbours. The Spanish did beat them on penalties at Euro 2008, but, excluding shoot-outs, you have to go back to the 1920 Olympics to find Spain's only competitive victory in this fixture; irrelevant ancient history or enough to sow seeds of doubt?
Germany's Miroslav Klose admitted on Thursday "perhaps the fact that we had never beaten Italy was in the back of our minds."
It's a sign of how things have changed that free-scoring Germany are admitting to mental frailties while Spain continue to grind out results relentlessly. The semi-final win against Portugal may not have been their greatest display, but it certainly leaves Vicente del Bosque's side on the verge of greatness. A hat-trick of titles would be unprecedented in the modern era; the strongest competing claim actually belongs to Italy, who won the 1934 and 1938 World Cups, plus Olympic gold in Berlin in 1936.
West Germany are the only other side to reach three successive World Cup or European Championship finals, winning the first two before losing to Antonin Panenka's chipped penalty for Czechoslovakia in 1976.
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