no need for totti. He can stay where he is! He might be great in the league but not successful when it comes to the azzurri. Similar to Toni who scored a whack of goals in the league and didn't do much for the NT.

Gilardino has officially become our new hero .. unlike luca toni who he's beeen compared to .. gilardino has found success in both the league and the national team scoring in both. Last WC i thought toni was going to score all our goals and that wasn't the case at all and he did even worse in the euro's after that. I think Gila and Pazzini will be a great combo up front.

The fans jeered the team all game until they finally scored which made Lippi furious. If i paid to go see a game regardless of whether it counted or not i would hope to see all the stars on the field .. so to see an experimental lineup and an unmotivated/losing one as well .. i would boo them too.

I think on lippi's defense, it's great to see him experiment because clearly the players from the last WC don't have it anymore and some fresh talent is needed and I think the free meaningless game was a perfect opportunity to test out a different lineup which clearly would not be effective.