ITALIA 
This Cup can be nobody else's...
This cup belongs to us...
Let's give it all...
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Italia - Ecuador
2-0
Italia
- Croatia 1-2
(Real Score 3-2; 1-2 only in the English
Referee's and Danish Linesman's eyes)
Italia
- Mexico 1-1
Return to Sendai
Italy's players may still be adamantly refusing to sing their national
anthem at match line-ups,
but a new song is serving to lighten the mood at the "Azzurri"
press camp.
The verse was coined by the small British contingent as an ironic
response to Italian complaints
about English referee Graham Poll disallowing two Italy goals against
Croatia.
And it follows the announcement that the squad would return to its
Sendai base if the team
were to make the final in Tokyo.
"Return to Sendai" was first heard coming from the hotel lifts as the high-spirited
three-strong
Brit pack adapted the Elvis Presley classic Return to Sender:
Second round: 16 teams, single elimination
Mama mia! Italia, let's
go to the quarters!!
South Korea beats Portugal 1-0 to become Italia's opponent in the second
round!
Italia
- South Korea 1-2
We are out!! It is unbelievable how such a great coach with such great
cast in his hands
can create such a monster... Scoring in the 18th and, instead of using
your attacking might
to consolidate, sitting like a duck waiting for the inevitable to happen
is something coach
Trap has to think about...
Summary: A coach with a resume second to none managed a set of players
second to none
in a
monstrous way that created a team worse than none...
Quarter Finals: 8 teams, single elimination
Espana beats Ireland in penalties 3-2 to become South Korea's
opponent in the quarter finals!
South Korea
- Espana 5-3 (penalties)
Semi Finals: 4 teams, single elimination
Germany beats U.S.A. 1-0 to become South Korea's opponent in the
semi-finals!
South Korea
- Germany 0-1
Final
Brazil beats Turkey 1-0 to become Germany's opponent in the final!
Germany - Brazil