Italy fell behind, then lost its star goalkeeper for the second half. So a 1-1 World Cup draw with Paraguay should not have been all that disturbing for the defending champions.
Yet the Azzurri’s underwhelming, rain-soaked draw yesterday in Cape Town, South Africa, hardly was pleasing to coach Marcello Lippi, the same man who guided the Italians to their fourth championship in 2006.
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