This evening (28/6/12) Germany met Italy in the second semi-final of the Euro2012 finals. Having won all of their group games and demolished Greece 4-2 in the quarter-final Germany went into the game the clear favorites. In the opening stages of the match the lived up to that billing constantly testing a shaky looking Italian but just couldn't score. Then Mario Balotelli put away Italy's only two real chances of the half.
With a 2-0 lead going into half-time all Italy needed to do in the second half was sit back and defend their advantage. They did this with aplomb even threatening to make it 3 or 4 nil. Then in the 92nd minute Italy gave away a penalty that Germany converted. It wasn't enough though so Italy go on to meet Spain in the final on Sunday (1/7/12). This will be a re-run of the opening group B game. If that match is anything to go by it should be a cracking final especially as neither side has any reason to hold back.
Obviously the prospect of the Eurozone's two most worrisome economies sweating it out on Sunday while Germany sits back with it's feet up will start a million and one conspiracy theories. However I think it was just a case of Balotelli being on a mission.
Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on O2
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment