We won in a fashion that is reminiscent of Italy in World Cup 2006. In fact, it's uncanny. We didn't have the best squad, but it was tight, united, and all worked towards the same cause. In 38 games we conceded only 20 goals to our opponents. Our defense was impenetrable. And we also had a total of 20 different players on the score sheet. Like Italy WC2006, our out-and-out strikers underperformed but the rest of our team picked up the slack. It's why we are so excited about having a WC striker next term--to give Matri some real incentive to work his ass off, and so that we don't need to rely on our midfield to pump in as many goals as they did (Marchisio was our second highest scorer with 9, Vidal had 7).
