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Fabio Cannavaro - star of the Team

Fabio Cannavaro – an Italian footballer born on 13th September 1973 in Naples. This player’s position is defence. His debut in Serie A took place on 7th March 1993 in SSC Napoli. Effective play in defense resulted in transfer to Parma where he spent as much as 7 seasons and confirmed his position of a true star and one of the best central defenders of the world. In 2002 he changed the club and moved to Milan to play in Inter. After playing 74 games in black and blue colors he moved to Juventus Turin. As for national team his debut took place in 1997. In his career he has played in World Cup (1998, 2002, 2006 ) and European Championships ( 2000, 2004 ). He is the vice-champion of Europe from the year 2000 and the world of champion from 2006. For sure he is an important feature in the team. In 2006 after degradation of Juventus to Serie B he moved on a fee transfer with Emerson to Real Madrid. He’s been awarded several times, e.g. in 2006 for the Best Player in Europe, the prize from France Football or the prize from the FIFA board. He doesn’t score a lot of goals because of his position on the pitch, however his record is 7 goals in two seasons in Juventus Turin. In national team he made 115 appearances but scored just one goal. Scoring is not his job, what he does is defending his goal and he does it perfectly.

Italy - National Team

Player	Club	Position	Age	Value
Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus	Goalkeeper	30	30,000,000E
Marco Amelia	AS Livorno Calcio	Goalkeeper	26	10,000,000E
Morgan De Sanctis	Sevilla FC	Goalkeeper	31	4,800,000E
Gianluca Zambrotta	FC Barcelona	Defender	31	16,000,000E
Giorgio Chiellini	Juventus	Defender	23	15,000,000E
Andrea Barzagli	US Città di Palermo	Defender	27	14,500,000E
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid CF	Defender	34	12,000,000E
Fabio Grosso	Olympique Lyonnais	Defender	30	10,000,000E
Marco Materazzi	FC Internazionale Milano	Defender	34	7,500,000E
Christian Panucci	AS Roma	Defender	35	4,000,000E
Andrea Pirlo	AC Milan	Midfielder	29	36,000,000E
Daniele De Rossi	AS Roma	Midfielder	24	30,000,000E
Gennaro Gattuso	AC Milan	Midfielder	30	22,000,000E
Alberto Aquilani	AS Roma	Midfielder	23	16,000,000E
Mauro Camoranesi	Juventus	Midfielder	31	15,500,000E
Simone Perrotta	AS Roma	Midfielder	30	15,000,000E
Massimo Ambrosini	AC Milan	Midfielder	30	9,000,000E
Luca Toni	FC Bayern München	Forward	31	28,500,000E
Antonio Di Natale	Udinese Calcio	Forward	30	15,000,000E
Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	Forward	33	14,000,000E
Fabio Quagliarella	Udinese Calcio	Forward	25	13,000,000E
Antonio Cassano	UC Sampdoria	Forward	25	9,000,000E
Marco Borriello	Genoa CFC	Forward	25	8,000,000E
Averages:			29	15,430,000E

Formations

Italy - Picks

Date	Time	Team	Score	Team
9 June 2008	20:45	Netherlands	3-0	Italy
Pick:	X2	Odd:	1.36: Centrebet
Bookmakers favour Italians in this game and I also think they should deal with Dutchmen, but nobody will give away a victory on this tournament for free, that is why they will have to strongly exert first to win any points in the group. The match will surely be even because two very good teams play. The players of Holland have made really good appearances in their clubs recently and they are praised. Italians, strengthened by the last victory on World Cup, surely aim at the next success. In my betting I will support Italians as everything is possible in this game, but the Italians shouldn’t loose this game.
13 June 2008	18:00	Italy	1-1	Romania
Pick:	1	Odd:	1.8: Sportingbet
If Italians won in the first round with Holland they could theoretically assure their place in quarter-final of EURO 2008 after this game already. Romania had overall very bad drawing and in this group it shouldn’t cause any trouble for ot0her teams. Romania, despite that it should be reconciled with the fact that they will not qualify from the group, won’t come on the tournament to be beaten in a terrible way but they will want to fight and appear on the international arena. I bet on Italy in this match, which is also a favourite of bookmakers.
17 June 2008	20:45	France	0-2	Italy
Pick:	2	Odd:	2.5: Expekt
Both teams don’t shine on these championships. If it was not for Italians draw with Romania they could already be leaving the tournament. However not used penalty still gives hope for advancing to quarter-final. They have already drew 1 : 1 with Romania and lost 3 : 0 with the team of Holland. Nobody here expected such play from World Champions. France, like Italians, weren’t able to beat Romanians and need to be satisfied with a draw which really complicates their situation. A draw in this match means knock-out for both teams. That is why both teams need to fight for a win which would bring them closer to quarter-final. Although both teams have the same goal balance 1 : 4, Italy seems to be a better team, what they proved in the match against Romania, which they drew very unlucky because a ref didn’t allow a rightly scored goal. In this match I bet on Italian national team because they need a win and good result form Holland to advance to the next round.