Whilst the Dutch turned it on and the Don got it wrong, Italy still have enough quality to qualify writes Ravin Sampat
After the tedium of France’s insipid goalless draw with Romania in Zurich earlier in the day had left many viewers wondering quite how Group C had earned the clichéd title of “The Group of Death”, Holland & Italy served up a footballing treat in the balmy evening heat of Berne. Neil Jones reports.
Fabio Cannavaro’s injury leaves Italy short of inspiration, France are struggling for form as Patrick Vieira gets injured and Marco Van Basten replaces an attacker with a defender for Holland.
In what was a fantastic finale for Italian football, Ravin Sampat picks his eleven top players from the Serie A season.
Italy’s number two goalkeeper has shone above everyone else at struggling Serie A outfit Livorno Calcio and, as an extremely competent back-up to Gigi Buffon, plying his trade at the bottom end of the league and fighting against relegation rather than turning out for a major club participating in European competition seems incongruous for the […]