It was in 2006 that Italy of the blue football shirts grabbed their dreams in the World Cup and now as the tension builds towards a promising and historical 2010 world cup what hopes have they got to hold onto this. The team has old friendly faces amongst them but some may say a little too old, what are their chances.
Despite half of the teams lineup undergoing a change the Italians will still wear their trademark blue football shirts and football shorts that would instill some fighting spirit to the gritty Italian team. Although pundits are putting off the Italian teams title run this year they will still bring out there fighting form and try to win as much games so they can qualify for the semifinals.
The Italian team being grouped with Slovakia, New Zealand and Paraguay has called the services of the same coach that steered them to victory in 2006. Marcello Lippi taking some time off from coaching football after the successful 2006 campaign comes back at the forefront of the Azurris and tries once more to bring home the bacon . He has a line up who have aged since 2006 yet they respond well under his leadership .
Back in goal is Gigi Buffon who is the number one goalkeeper in the Italian league and has played proudly for his country keeping away many potential goals
Another stalwart who is returning to the lineup of Team Italy is Fabio Cannavaro the defensive demon who made some key defensive moves in Italy’s journey to the 2006 World Cup championship. Now more than ever he would be called upon to lend some leadership on some of the new blood that were added to the lineup. Teaming up with Cannavaro at the defensive end is another returning player in the person of Mauro Camoranesi the two will have to step up to bring out that gem of a defensive strategy in order to start a domino effect on the other players.
Even though the Italian team holds a pattern of winning the World Cup every 12 years this year’s team would be hard pressed on winning again simply because age has become a liability in a team that is trying to return to glory once again. Let’s see what fighting spirit the men in the blue football shirts and football shorts bring in 2010.
