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mnementh

mnementh

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I thought this was his weakest match, but that says it all, because he was good today too. The thing is he got tired... 6 perfect matches and a good match today... it's a helluva achievement. I think his best 2 moments were 1 save vs ukraine and then another one he managed to get to so quickly, and the same thing again vs germany which started the goal for Del Piero (some say the goal of the tournament :eyebrows: ). Canna was pretty amazing... today too a good save on henry on one counterattack... and he's been simply impregnable . Something unique that I don't think any defender could ever re-enact.
 
Hydde

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He will definitely be in the history books as one of the all time greats in defense for the azurri.

He deserves it. He is the perfect example of what Italy´s style of football is.

If Brazil is characterized by their tricks and flair.... Cannavaro is the living example of the legendary Italian defenders!
 
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Cannavaro was where my heeart truely lies last nightl...I was so happy for him, so proud!!

He deserved the trophy so much, he's had an admirable career, and has a personality as much honorable as Del Piero but I think more of the consistant performer.

The captain Cannavaro! Bravo! Well Deserved win!! and Actually shoudl have gotten the GOLDEN Ball clearly!
 
engonga

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i love u FABIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
thanks for what all what you have done for italia and juve
FABIO:u are the best defender in the world,anyone has onther opinion?
 

arnix

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Jan 10, 2006
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Canna is the man, the Best defender actually, and a great personality, we must say that Italy has also other great defenders, you know.
 

Mark

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GRANDE CANNAVARO!!!

He started a chant for Pessotto during the party in Rome. Del Piero was half naked and drunk. lol
 
Stephan

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Cannavaro joins elite list


Eurosport - Ian Holyman - 10/07/2006 23:52

Classy defenders Bobby Moore, Franz Beckenbauer and Cafu all led their country to a World Cup win - now add Fabio Cannavaro to that exalted company. The Italy captain celebrated a century of caps in the Olympic Stadium on Sunday and crowned perhaps his final game for the Azzurri in majestic fashion.

Zinedine Zidane's farewell was the focus of attention in the build-up to the game, but it is that of Cannavaro's arrivederci to the World Cup which would - but for that headbutt - have grabbed all the headlines.

Just once in the tournament did the ball go past Gianluigi Buffon, and though Fabio Grosso, Marco Materazzi, Alessandro Nesta and Gianluca Zambrotta all played their part, it is Cannavaro who has been the lynchpin.

The Juventus player, who has seen his house raided by police investigating football's biggest-ever match-fixing scandal, has been the driving force behind his country's World Cup and was unlucky not to win the Golden Ball for the tournament's most valuable player.

But while FIFA may have ignored Cannavaro's value to his nation's win, Italy coach Marcello Lippi knows he is priceless.

"This World Cup, and life in general, provides these kind of opportunities to people who have suffered in recent times," said Lippi in Berlin. "One of those people is the best defender in the world, Fabio Cannavaro."

UNCERTAIN FUTURE

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has used the same glowing praise for his own centre-half captain, John Terry, but while the England defender's under-par displays were in tune with his nation's, Cannavaro has carried his scandal-rocked country.

For a man who is likely to have to consider the future direction of the dusk of his professional career, the 32-year-old did not once let the uncertainty surrounding the status of his club affect him.

Forever vigilant, and so rarely caught out of position thanks to his clairvoyant reading of the game, he was the rock on which opponents' forward forays repeatedly foundered.

It is his great determination, an inner strength which far outstrips his relatively modest physical stature, which makes him such a formidable opponent, as France's Thierry Henry found out on Sunday.

The sight of Henry's jet-heeled acceleration leaving a marker trailing pitifully has almost become a cliche so frequently does it occur, but Cannavaro, who - in one first-half incident - dredged up the speed through pure grit to deny his opponent a clear run on goal.

MEAN STREAK

Unlike his defensive partners, Cannavaro failed to get on the scoresheet in Germany, but while he is no Franco Baresi, his sure-footed distribution from the back after a well-timed interception gave Andrea Pirlo countless opportunities to get on the ball and hurt the French.

Just rewind the tape of Alessandro del Piero's semi-final clincher against Germany - it is Cannavaro nipping a German attack in the bud which initiates the Azzurri's triumphal march upfield.

And there is also the streak of meanness, the 'thou shalt not pass' cynicism of the great Italian defenders of the past which makes Cannavaro the complete defender - something else Henry witnessed first hand in the German capital.

In the opening minute of the game, Henry looked to play a one-two only to run into the shoulder of the Italy captain as he set off for the return pass before collapsing in a heap in the centre circle.

FIERCELY LOYAL

It looked an innocent collision, until replays showed that Cannavaro had more than enough time to get out of the way, but simply chose not to before giving an almost mocking shrug of the shoulders.

In England, it would be called a 'reducer,' but this was no crude knee-high lunge. This was subtle, so cunning that Cannavaro's only punishment was a withering Henry stare - it may be stretching the laws of the game, but it is certainly effective.

True to his down-to-earth, humble and fiercely loyal nature, Cannavaro has pledged to stay with Juventus come hell or Serie C.

If he does, how fitting it is that his last act as a top-flight footballer will have been to raise the World Cup aloft.
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