bottom line is that italy were chasing the match from then on in and that is what killed them
that, and the fact that donadoni showed his tactical nativity by not changing the midfield when they were being overrun. quite why milan squad player ambrossini ever got near the national team is beyond me, add into the fact that the milan midfield struggled all season and it adds to the incompetence of the man.
the italy/milan midfield offers no real movement off the ball, that is what really fucked italy up yesterday
aye boswell

, that was one point but before we were even chasing the game they were struggling, they were not sharp, they were beaten out of every tackle and caught in faffing around in possesion most of the time
As soon as the first goal went in for Holland, then it went completely wrong. This was maybe donadoni's biggest mistake in game: he should have calmed our players down before we decided to go gung-ho for an equiliser, I have never seen Italy do that before, it's not them, they usually play melina till they feel calm, assured and confident. we didn't and BAM! 2-0 Holland,
thats where we lost it.
I agree with the Milan midfield crap because Ambro does no specific job whereas De Rossi would have added creativity and extra defense and better tactical awareness too. Why Donadoni left out the best midfielder in italy is well beyond my comprehension, I reckon he has been reading dodgy horoscopes given to him by domenech
But on a serious note Donandoni's, Naivity and lack of boldness have almost put us out of the euros.