But I have to say…Italy was just better. No matter what they did against Australia, NOW they were simply amazing.
And you have to think positive for the germans - 3rd Place is better than 2nd, because in case of 3rd you leave with a victory, while the 2nd one is just the last loser of the whole tournament.
I don't believe Italy was the better team in that match for one second. The Germans had the right mindset (which was just to forget about Frings and push as hard as possible) and had them on the defense for the entire regulation time and they left the middle of the pitch wide open time and time again. All they could do was defend their goal, so that when push came to shove and one of the blues made it to the other keep, there wasn't going to be anyone over there to finish. The only reason they won was because the German keeper lost his focus and the second goal, well, what else do you do when you're in the 29th minute of overtime ? :P