Italy did adopt the passing-possession base football. But they are nowhere similar to Spanish tiki-taka

well, hope we can change our playing a bit as many teams have found an answer to Tiki Taka tatics.
but we should be versatile lol, the match against England showed that sometimes our defense shifts from a 4 man to a 5 man or 3 man defense .

Nevertheless, Forza Italia! Proud to still stick on even we got knocked out of group stage 2010.

What's the prediction for tonight's game? I will go for 2-1, Balotelli and Pirlo

A must win for us tonight to secured the 2nd round. I expect a tough match against costa Rica, but i hope win. Forza italia.

Immobile time to shine

italy have to take good care of pirlo. maybe giving him a rest or sub him early is a good idea to keep him fresh for the latter stage

without pirlo..will italy can perfome good?i think montolivo has similiar type of play with him, but he got last minute injury really a great loss

can. We have Verrati right now. Although probably not as good as Pirlo(bcoz lets be honest here..no one does) but they have a similar
approach to the game

as for Montolivo. Not really a loss. He's always been average with Italy. If he was there Prandelli probably favor him more than Veratti or Marchisio

Can't wait to win today

FORZA ITALIA!

the condition will be azzurri's worst enemy today. hope they can adapt well. costa ricans have been so used to the climate

tolong jangan beri peluang langsung pada england dalam world cup 2014 !!

ajar sikit budak-budak gila epl kat dalam forum ni apa itu sebenarnya bola sepak peringkat dunia..

I missed the most of the first half because i was on the road from kuantan to terengganu, i rush my way home, the moment i switch on the tv, saw chileni almost caused us a penalty, and then costa rica scored just before halftime ends. I thought we can come back in the second half, but demm im very dissapointed, costa rica park the bus is one thing but our midfield n strikers are really clueless. Nothing works. Credit to costa rica defenders for their great defense. Really dissapointed. Last group match will be the decider, but against uruguay, demm that is tough. Anyway forza italia, hope we beat uruguay. Demm this lose sucks so much.

disappointing game for italy. need to buck up much for uruguay game, must be good enough to earn at least a draw.

get rid of abate. he is worthless at right. instead of crossing, keep passing balls sideways. shit!
darmian is still fine.
coaches need to re-train the guys on offside rules, there were so many of them.
pity pirlo and de rossi. they must hv been drained out playing full two matches.

So does that mean it's a must win for us against Uruguay to qualify? Or a draw can already?

Yeah...honestly italy were poor but credit to costarica tactics...they were spot on n deservely so to top of d group

A draw is enuf but i wouldnt want to bet it...imo if italy do qualify, facing another south american or concacaf team might prove detrimental to say at least...badly need to execute plan b and launch immobile quick

Our defenders really need to defense their best against suarez, cavanni and forlan. This is bad, i like Uruguay, n i hope both us italy n Uruguay will go 2nd round,but now it is either them or us. Dem costa rica for spoiling that. Now if. Costa rica beat england too, means they beat all previous world cup champions in the group. Really a dark.horse. Anyway i pray we will go to 2nd round at least till quarter, forza italia.

Hope Italy can go further..let's pray

Uruguay in final group game, colombia in 2nd round, brazil in quarter final. All south american teams, playing them at their own continent. We are in a shit situation.

Forza azzurri

Aiyoyo, how can Italy lose la... Now, wif oni one spot left, I guess Italy's gonna b knockout by Uruguay, bcause host is Brazil, i.e. in America continent. European countries may b knockout one by one... (I say this bcause no European team has won World Cup on American continent) Of course, if it was up to me, I'd rather Uruguay and Italy to enter last 16, but unfortunately, Costa Rica beat them both...

Well, since when Italy played it safe and qualify for next stage by 2nd match... We always leave it late until the last game, and its always a do or die game .

Just pray it doesn't bite us back.

MDS better recover in time for Uruguay match. I don't wait Abate to force Darmian to switch over to the other flank and screw up the team tactics again.