Just can’t resist writing this at 3 am on 5th Morning minutes after the match has ended .
It's will now stand forever that every twelve years Italy makes it to the soccer world cup finals . The jinx can now only hope to be broken four years later.
The packed stadium at Dortmund had over a 75000 people watching the match between Italy and Germany , the first semi-final .And I watched it in the soccer capital of India , Kolkatta , though the temper is subdued as they mourn the demise of the Brazilians from the cup .
German songs reverberated till the 90 minutes of full time ,expecting the first german goal the very next minute only to be thwarted by a great Italian teamwork .
German songs reverberated even stronger 4 minutes of injury extra time
The game breaks for the extra time .
The first fifteen minutes see two great Italian attempts which find the bars of the German goal and give the goalie Lehman gasping relief .
German songs reach a real crescendo . the DJ at the Park in Kolkatta ups the volume.
119th minute : Goal no.1 : Fullback Fabio Grosso , with penalty shotouts looming in two minutes , curled around a great left foot drive into the goal corner sending the crowd into stunned silence .
Absolute silence for the last 2 minutes .
German counterattack , a long Podolski kick , blunted by Italina keeper Buffon
122nd minute : Goal no. 2 : A brilliant pack of the foot pass to Alessander del peiro who fires it into the goal brilliantly .
Absolute silence . Germany goes into mourning .
History . Hoodoo magic .Astrology .
They say that Italy gets into the soccer finals every twelve years . 1994 was the last time , 1982 was before that and 1970 much before . 2006 was to happen .
But it wasn;t just astrology , it was sheer control of the game . As Juergen Klinsmann rallied Germany at the end of 90 minutes with some pep talk , Italians rested . their coach had nothing to say except probably, go and get a goal , guys .
In the game , Germany had 148 long passes compared to Italy’s 129 and had only 303 short passes compared to the Italian 470 passes with a 89% competion rate with a 57% ball possession , they had 11 offsides attempting goals and 8 shots at the goal with 7 on target . Complete dominance of the game .
Last time , Fransesco Totti had scored 30 seconds before the end of the game to end the Australian dream run in this world cup . A brilliant kick from the 35 yards reduced Australians to tears and dashed their hopes . They have done wonderfully as a team , their 11 goals so far in the tournament have come from 9 different players .
1970. 1982 . 1994 . 2006 .
Now , is it an Franco-Italian war on July 9th at Munich ?
