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| Germany shell shocked by semi-final defeat |
The fabulous German steamroller machine has been stopped in
its tracks by the calm and almost modest Italian team. A say 'calm and modest'
because that is how they seemed to walk out onto the pitch against this colossal
looking German team of Euro 2012 tournament. I should have known that the
Italians never do scared against Germany. They are the one nation that has
always managed to throw a spanner in the works against German sides. To be
fair, Italy deserved the win because they played wonderfully. Two fabulous
goals in the first half from Mario Balotelli virtually killed Germany off. They
looked shell shocked throughout the rest of the game and could not get anything
against the strong defence of Italy.
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| Mario Balotelli puts Italy up 1-0 |
In the second half Germany came out and tried to attack but
the Italian defence held firm and almost caught the Germans for a bigger goal deficit
on several occasions in the second half. Germany got a consolation penalty in
the dying seconds of the second half injury time to make it 2-1. That score
flattered Germany in this particular game. I do not mean this disrespectfully
against Germany because they are truly a great side. It was just this one game
that went terribly wrong for them. As a neutral I was spell bound by the
audacious Italians and could not help but admire the skill of this team - they
were dynamic against an extremely prestigious German side.
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