Quote Originally Posted by splash
Italy beat Ghana 2-0. Solid play by the Italians, both in terms of Attack in the first half and defense in the second. Got to hand it to Ghana though, i think they played really well. That mistake by Kaffour at the end was kind of heatbreaking. It was in the end, a really exciting match to watch. This Group is really going to interesting, especially who comes in first place because second place faces the top team in brazil's group and many of us already have a hunch as to what that team is going to be.
Indeed, Ghana played well... They only needed an accurate striker, they were shooting all over the place. I thought that their passing was great, and they were very fast when they they were in the open field, putting the Italian's defense in trouble a couple of times. But, they were pretty bad when they were 1 to 1 with an Italian defender, either because they lack skill or the Italian defender was that much more skilled. I think this will be the hardest match Italy will face in this group, the US has no one that can be a real threat to them. Maybe the Czech's, but I have my doubts about their quickness, though they have some huge forwards that can cause trouble.