Zambrotta in his prime years was out of this world, no doubt, but who others? Panucci?!

you've gotta be kidding me, even if you look at 2006 squad, you will realize that Lippi made an amazing thing - he used Zaccardo and Grosso a lot, guys who were not playing in european tournaments and who were well rested for the national team, italian players are always overperfoming for their NT