ITALY THE WORLD 'SHAME-PION'

 (Pix top - Italian fans who stayed loyal behind their national team. - Pixs are courtesy of my friend  (sports fotojourno), Kabosh in Johannesburg)
 
ITALY, the World Cup defending champion displayed their worst ever football pattern at international level. They can't even reached the second round of the 2010 World Cup campaign and to make matters worst, they finished last in Group G comprising of Slovakia, New Zealand and Paraguay.
They can't event tamed Slovakia in their last group match...and lost 2-3. They were sent home with the reputation as the 2010 World Cup  'Shame-Pion'.

 Now, it's time for them to wake up. They don't have deadly striker, lacking of young players and still depending with their ageing stars to carry their hopes in South Africa. This is their worst ever outing at the international scene...but...they have loyal and cute fans cheering them throughout the tourney. I believe, their failure in South Africa served as a very good lesson to the Italian who never trust and dare to give their young players a try in the first squad.