How Do You Rate the Players from the Italian National Team in the EURO 2008 Quarterfinal Spain - Italy?
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I know we all have our favorite players in the Italian National team, but let's try to be objective and rate them according to their performance.
From the scale of 1 to 10, being 10 the maximum, how will you grade each one of the players and why?
This was the formation used by Italian Head Coach Roberto Donadoni:
Goalkeeper: Gigi Buffon;
Defenders: Gianluca Zambrotta, Christian Panucci, Giorgio Chiellini, Fabio Grosso;
Midfielders: Alberto Aquilani( Alessandro Del Piero '108), Daniele De Rossi, Massimo Ambrosini; Perrotta ('57 Camoranesi );
Forwards: Luca Toni, Antonio Cassano (73' Antonio Di Natale)
Coach: Roberto Donadoni
INDIVIDUAL RATING LISTS:Pretend you are the coach and have to rate your players with objectivity.
- Gigi Buffon
- Gianluca Zambrotta
- Christian Panucci
- Giorgio Chiellini
- Fabio Grosso
- Alberto Aquilani
- Alessandro Del Piero
- Daniele De Rossi
- Massimo Ambrosini
- Simone Perrotta
- Mauro Camoranesi
- Luca Toni
- Antonio Cassano
- Antonio Di Natale


















Here we come to our Coach meeting. Man, i am still upset for this loss. I will be objective as you asked.
Let's see if my fellow colleagues agree with me ratings or not.
- Gigi Buffon = 7 before the penalties I give him 9, but after penalties I took 2 points away because he took the wrong side in 2 penalties.
- Gianluca Zambrotta - 6, the first half he did better than the second and Donadoni should have substituted him. The man was not sharp.
- Christian Panucci 7, I was expecting more from Panucci
- Giorgio Chiellini 10, man, during the 120 minutes he kept our house clean making many saves, he was a wall.
- Fabio Grosso - 10 Grosso proved me wrong with his great match and not missing the penalty either. Great saves and was sharp not like Zambrotta.
- Alberto Aquilani - 4, the match was too big for Aquilani. Hey, come on, and I like him as a player but i am being objective.
- Alessandro Del Piero - 9, not enough time to rate him because Donadoni gave him only 12 minutes playing time.
- Daniele De Rossi = Man, the gladiator missed the penalty and that takes points away. I give him 7
- Massimo Ambrosini - 8 He made some fouls but those were needed.
- Simone Perrotta = 7 I don't know why Donadoni substituted him when he was playing well instead of substiting Luca Toni.
- Mauro Camoranesi = 9 few minutes but he made a difference.
- Luca Toni - 1 Fellow colleagues you might think i am exaggerating but if you watch the match and all the chances Toni had to score and missing plus taking the ball directed to Grosso who could have scored, then, i rest my case. sorry, I admire Luca but it was not his tournament and my Colleague Donadoni is responsible for all the negativity added to Luca.
- Antonio Cassano = 5, my colleague Nina might disagree but what did Cassano do? Where was all that talent? I did not see him at all, and thinking that Inzaghi was sacrificed for Cassano!
- Antonio Di Natale 7, few playing time plus missing the penalty. I don't want to add more presure on Di Natale who had not had enough confidence from Donadoni, just like the case of Del Piero.
Ok colleagues, i wait for your evaluation too.
Forza Italia.
I still have the heart to say
PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO.. man, we are Italy.
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Man i was the first one! Gaining back my reputation to be always on time. Milan99, Nina, Mark where are you guys?
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Hey Pietro, I didn't watch the game so I don't have the right to judge.
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Ah ok, you have an excuse.
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I'm using the Sky Sports rating guidelines:
10: Out of this world - very rare, exceptional performances only.
9: Excellent - Top-class display, probably the matchwinner.
8: Very Good - Outstanding, very influential.
7: Good - Impressive, eye-catching.
6: Average - No major faults, nothing overly impressive.
5: Below Average - Some faults, out-of-touch.
4: Poor - Many faults, easy to criticise.
- Gigi Buffon-8
- Gianluca Zambrotta-5
- Christian Panucci-6
- Giorgio Chiellini-10 All through the match, cleared the ball, marked Torres. The best in the game.
- Fabio Grosso-9
- Alberto Aquilani-4
- Alessandro Del Piero-7 The 2 times he touched the ball, the rest of the team didn't get there on time to support him.
- Daniele De Rossi-5
- Massimo Ambrosini-7- Some tough faults on Villa in the 1st half.
- Simone Perrotta-4
- Mauro Camoranesi-10
- Luca Toni-4- keep the moustache. Turns out neither Ribery and Luca Toni showed how good they were in the Bundesliga.
- Antonio Cassano-6
- Antonio Di Natale-5
Best player- Super Chiellini, too bad Camoranesi came on too late.
I'd like to know your rankings!
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