All the through the disappointing early performances of Italy in FIFA 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa, I had the belief that somehow or the other they will qualify for super 16. BUT, they have proved me wrong. It was an extremely poor show by Italy for first 75 minutes of the match, which put Slovakia in an advantageous position. Then Italian players woke from their sleep and worked hard for last 10 minutes or so scoring 2 goals, but FOUND THAT IT WAS TOO LATE!!
Vincenzo Laquinta and Fabio Quagliarella are dejected after Italy crashed out of FIFA 2010 Football World Cup.
The No.5 ranked Italian team lost to No. 34 ranked Slovakia in a disastrous upset. The final score of the match was 3-2 in favor of Slovakia.
Not long ago, in 2006, the FIFA Football World Cup was hosted in Germany, and the same Italian team had won it beating France in the final. Strangely, both the finalists of 2006 FIFA World Cup have been unable to make it to top 16.
Antonio De Natale is unable to control his emotions after his team lost to Slovakia and crashed out of FIFA 2010 Football World Cup South African. Italian team finished last in Group-F with 2 points, behind Paraguay, Slovakia and New Zealand. This indeed is a very tragic end for them.
The Italians fans too were heart-broken to learn that their team will not show up in top 16. The fans had come in big numbers from Italy to South Africa to support their team.
Italian coach Marcello Lippi is shell-shocked to watch the scenes at Johannesburg. He quickly left the stadium as soon as the referee whistled full-time, and did not even wait to join his players.
Marcello Lippi was the coach of Italian team from 2004-2006 and led Italy to FIFA 2006 Soccer World Cup win.
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