The Italian defence certainly was impeccable. The Germans never had half as many shots saved by Buffon as Lehmann had to, I think. Lippi also made quite a few smart substitutions -- Iaquinta's coming on made wondrous differences to the Italian offence, I thought.

P.S. *hugs Croyles* They played really well, and to reach the semi-finals without a single loss -- great stuff. You should be proud, because that's two consecutive brilliant World Cups they've had.