No he didn't. He had defensively adept players on the flanks in Mancini and Candela, not Camoranesi and Nedved. In centre midfield he had two holding midfielders, Emerson and Dacourt or De Rossi.
Buffon
Thuram Kovac Cannavaro
Zambrotta Camoranesi Emerson Chiellini
Nedved...