I knew Italy was going to win because we simply had a team together that knew how to play! This is a fantastic day for Italian soccer. Everyone was talking crap about Italy, but like in the 1982 World cup Italy came out on top. Italy did not do all that great in the first few rounds because they were saving their energy for later. A mistake Germany made.... expend all of their energy in the first few games and then get eliminated by the Italians.