Italy came in as the defending champions and performed like a team that had spent four years who basically said “why do it again?”, Pirlo injured the entire nervous system of this team brain just simply not there and Lippi responded by putting up Pepe, Paraguay were very well organized, Alcaraz out jumped Cannavaro (who was honestly well past his playing age at the point and just running on nostalgia) bangs a header in then Buffon’s hamstring just gives up on him in halftime then Villar (Paraguay keeper) completely misses the ball from a corner and it lands in De Rossi’s feet Peak 2010 Italian Footy Narrative: 3.8 Tactics: 2 Chances: 2.2 Goals: 1.5 Comeback: 2.9 Drama: 1.8 2.7/5