Now For The Battle Of Masterminds

June 20th, 2010 | by: ChrisS | Comments Off

The Italian media has been portraying Italy-New Zealand as a huge mismatch, some even suggesting that the Azzuri rest many of their starters for Slovakia and the assumed beyond. The pre-Confederations friendly barely won 4-3 is dismissed as a training exercise for the back-ups and youngsters.

However, the cagey Azurri manager knows otherwise, one can be sure. And the wiley New Zealand manager knows he knows. For them the game has already begun..

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Sleep well my friends…pistols at dawn (Pacific Time)