VIVAbola
- Selain Spanyol versus Portugal, semifinal Piala Eropa 2012 juga akan
menghadirkan pertarungan Jerman kontra Italia. Sengit, kata itu rasanya cukup
pas untuk menggambarkan pertemuan kedua tim nanti. Jerman datang ke kejuaraan
sepakbola antarbangsa benua biru dengan modal kepercayaan diri tinggi. Lolos
dari babak kualifikasi dengan mencatat rekor kemenangan 100 persen, Die
Mannschaft disebut-sebut menjadi unggulan utama di turnamen ini bersama Spanyol.
Di
putaran final ini Der Panzer membuktikan keperkasaannya. Mereka menjadi
satu-satunya tim yang sukses mengantongi tiga kemenangan di babak Grup.
Anak-anak asuh Joachim Loew juga tercatat sebagai tim paling produktif sampai perempatfinal dengan mencetak sembilan
gol. Sementara Italia mendarat di Polandia-Ukraina dengan membawa segudang
keragu-raguan. Kekalahan yang diraih dalam tiga laga ujicoba terakhir membuat
banyak kalangan pesimistis Gli Azzurri bisa lolos dari Grup C yang dihuni
Spanyol, Kroasia dan Republik Irlandia.
Belum
lagi persiapan mereka juga sempat terganggu oleh skandal pengaturan skor di
kompetisi lokal. Atas persoalan itu bahkan Cesare Prandelli terpaksa
mencoret Domenico Criscito dari
skuadnya.
Sejarah Memihak Italia
Satu
hal yang bisa membuat Italia sedikit menepuk dada saat berjumpa Jerman adalah
fakta sejarah. Dari 17 pertemuan, La Nazionale telah 10 kali membuat pasukan
Die Nationalelf bertekuk lutut. Sementara Jerman baru empat kali unggul atas
Italia. Sedangkan sisanya berkesudahan
imbang. Belum cukup sampai di situ. Jerman juga selalu gagal mengalahkan Italia
selama 17 tahun belakangan, terakhir
mereka mampu menang 2-0 di laga ujicoba pada 1995 silam.
Italia
sendiri terakhir kali menekuk Jerman di
semifinal Piala Dunia 2006. Pada duel di Signal-Iduna- Park, Dortmund,
Jerman tersebut, Italia yang keluar sebagai juara mengandaskan mimpi tuan rumah
melaju ke laga puncak setelah Fabio Grosso dan Alessandro Del Piero mengoyak
jala gawang Jens Lehmann di ujung babak
kedua waktu ekstra.
"Jerman
takut pada kami. Mereka tahu kami bisa menciptakan masalah. Semangat ini sama
seperti pada 2006. Kami berada satu tingkatan dengan Spanyol," ujar Andrea Pirlo penuh keyakinan. Sadar timnya
berada di bawah bayang-bayang kelam, Joachim Loew selaku pelatih meminta para
pemain tidak memikirkan catatan buruk itu. Dia ingin seluruh tim fokus ke laga
yang akan dihadapi.
"Kita
tidak bisa kembali ke masa lalu. Lupakan hal itu. Masa lalu tidak akan memiliki
peran apapun dalam rencana kami," ujar Loew. "Statistik menggambarkan
jika Jerman tidak pernah menang setiap melawan Italia di turnamen besar. Lalu
apa salahnya? Situasi saat ini sangat berbeda dan hal itu tidak terlalu menjadi
perhatian bagi kami," sambungnya.
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Challenging the Reliability German
Italian anomaly
VIVAbola
- In addition to Spain versus Portugal, the 2012 European Cup semi-final bout
will also present the German counter-Italy. Fierce, it's quite fitting that
word to describe the meeting of two teams later. German football championships
comes to blue continental nations with high confidence of capital.
Qualification by winning a record 100 percent, Die Mannschaft touted to be the
top seed in the tournament with Spain.
In
this final round of Der Panzer prove valor. They became the only team that
successfully bagged three wins in the last group. Foster children Joachim Loew
also noted as the most productive team to the quarterfinals by scoring nine
goals. While Italy landed in Poland-Ukraine with a myriad of doubts. The defeat
was achieved in three games last test makes a lot of the Gli Azzurri
pessimistic can qualify from Group C, inhabited Spain, Croatia and the Republic
of Ireland. Not to mention they also got disrupted preparations by fixing
scandal in the local competition. Of the problem was even forced to write off
Cesare Prandelli Domenico Criscito of his squad.
History of the Italian Pro-
One
thing that could make Italy a little patting his chest when I see Germany is a
historical fact. Of the 17 meetings, La Nazionale has 10 times the army to its
knees Die Nationalelf. While Germany only four times ahead of Italy. While the
rest ending in a draw. Have not quite got there. Germany has always failed to
beat Italy for 17 years, able to win their last test match at 2-0 in 1995.
Italy
itself was the last time in the semi-bend Germany 2006 World Cup. In the duel
at the Signal-Iduna-Park, Dortmund, Germany, the Italian who go on to win a
dream frustrate the hosts cruised to the top of the game after Fabio Grosso and
Alessandro Del Piero goalkeeper Jens Lehmann ripped the nets at the end of the
second half of extra time. "Germans were afraid of us. They knew we could
create a problem. Spirit is the same as in 2006. We are one level with
Spain," said Andrea Pirlo confidence.
Realizing
his team was under a shadow, as coach Joachim Loew asks the players do not
think it's a bad record. He wants the focus to match the whole team to be
faced. "We can not go back to the past. Forget it. The past will not have
any role in our plans," said Loew. "The statistics describe if
Germany had not won any tournament against Italy at large. So what's the harm?
The situation today is very different and it does not really a concern for
us," he continued.
conclussion
European
Cup semi-final match between Italy vs Germany will be expected to walk with a
tight, exciting and interesting. considering the number of star players from
both camps. Germany has proved valor, they became the only team that
successfully bagged three wins in the last group. Foster children Joachim Loew
also noted as the most productive team to the quarterfinals by scoring nine
goals. While Italy landed in Poland-Ukraine with a myriad of doubts. The defeat
was achieved in three games last test makes a lot of the Gli Azzurri
pessimistic can qualify from Group C, inhabited Spain, Croatia and the Republic
of Ireland. Who will be the winners and the entry reached the final? we'll see.
