italy!! ok german fans pls dun bash me... who would have tot such a thing would happen?? germany playing in their dortmund stadium where they have a 14 match unbeaten streak(well there got to be a first time for everything right?) up against a italian side that was rocked by a scandal threatening relegation for 4 top teams that in total provided 13 national players for the squad, and furthermore Gianluca Pessotto former juve player who is a close friend of several italian players had a failed attempt at suicide just few days ago... whether the italians were bugged by all this did not show it as they took to the field... germany had more of the opportunities in the opening 90 minutes but italy's defence which had only conceded one goal(and that was an o.g. so technically no team has scored against them) kept them well at bay, they also had goalkeeper buffon to thank for several saves... then as the match headed into extra time, it seemed inevatible that it would end in penalties, where germany is widely considered unbeatable having not lost a penalty shootout ever in the history of the wc... both coaches had already made subsitutions to ensure they had the best spot kick takers on field... totti was already thinking about where to put his penalty when disaster struck for germany! andrea pirlo long shot specialist for italy struck a shot just outside the penalty box and it was struck away by lehmann, italy took the corner germany cleared it but only as far as pirlo, pirlo pushed the ball foward, the germany players thought he was attempting a shot and two of them rushed foward to block his shot, pirlo cooly looked at one direction and passed the ball in another right in the middle of the two german players to Fabio Grosso who was left unmarked... grosso took the ball and curled it right over lehmann and into the net with less than 2 minutes on the clock... germany was silenced, with so little time left germany threw everyone foward, and then italy cleared the ball out, it was passed on to gilardino and he took it to the penalty box and faced up against two german defenders, they say lightning doesn't strike twice but tat ain't so true for the germans, looking at the defenders in front and on his right hand side, he didn't even move his eyes to send a tru ball to the left right into the foot of del piero, his first touch shot saw the ball flying into the net 2-0 italy with the last touch of the game, and the german players and country was left in tears... so italy continue their( quite weird) tradition of entering the world cup finals every 12 years... forza italia!!