Best you have seen Italy play aswell as your most memorable?

Best..? Not sure. Most memorable, has to be Baggio's brace against Nigeria.. magical

 

Best: months prior to wc '06, qualifiers during Trapattoni's era
Most memorable: Italy-Holland '00

 

Maybe this is because I was so young (15 years old) but the 1982 World Cup Final against Germany was the top for me for so many reasons. We had a fantastic defense and world class goalkeeper. We had playmakers. And we got timely goals. And we had one of the most beautiful, honest, passionate goal celebrations I have ever seen. It was the culmination of a tournament in which gli Azzurri truly put it all together at one time (at least for the last 4 or 5 matches). And on the biggest stage possible, against one of the great football powers in the world. Even today when I see the highlights I get brividi.

Second place was Italia - Germania 2006 World Cup. For all of the same reasons above. Expect that I am not so young anymore, though on that night I forgot my age.

*My apologies to my German friends for looking like I am picking on you. It is not intentional! *

 

Memories have a stronger effect when you're 15 years old. I felt like a teenager again watching Fabio Grosso celebrate. And we're all getting older.

 

Agree. It seems we were born in the same year... I was 14. Unforgettable.

p.s. You must spread some reputation around before giving it to Jerrito again

 

My nonno Gennaro died the year before. He was the biggest influence in making me love the game, Napoli and the National Team, and he had been waiting for Italia to win a World Cup since 1938. The beauty of the game was all there for me in 1982. Glad to hear it was the same for you Sardus!

 

I game you know you will lose and then don't.....
Euro 2000 VS Netherlands

but if you ever get the chance watch the 1970 WC game against West Germany
and pretend that you are watching live. That one is for the ages.

WC 2006 against Germany has to be Italy's top performance in the last 20 years. A hostile crowd and numerous missed chances and we still prevailed.

 

Best game: 4-1 win over Germany in a pre-world cup 06 friendly

Most MEMORABLE: 2-0 win over Germany in WC 06

Every time I replay that image in my head of Grosso scoring that goal I still get goosebumps lol. "CHE GRANDE GROSSO! CHE GRANDE GROSSO!!!!"

 

Great thread; you guys hit the best games in the last twenty years for Italy supporters: the Germany and France games in the last WC; Baggio single-handedly taking out Nigeria after Zola was dismissed; the courage of the players in that Holland SF.

Worst memories were being robbed by South Korea and B. Moreno in WC 2002and the cruel Euro final loss against France.

I also remember Italy playing phenomenally well on a couple occassions and not getting results. The first that comes to mind was the critical last group match game against Germany in Euro 1996 where we needed to beat them to advance and we could not, but played brilliantly. Zola missed the PK in that one. The next was the Italy x Sweden match in the Euros where we dominated until Trap wanted to defend the lead and garbage Ibrahimovic scored his most important goal ever.

 

We also thrashed Holland before the last WC away I believe in a friendly.

 

I was 16 at the time and I am with you guys. That 82 tournament was definitely my most memorable and I doubt you will ever see a team win a WC again by beating Argentina Brazil and Germany along the way. A close second for me though was the 94 semi final against Bulgaria just because I was sitting on the 20 yard line 20 rows up from the field and I got to watch Baggio score 2goals right in front of me.

 

like many, these are my 2 favorites...I have memories from WC'94 here in the US but for entire games its these two.

 

Same here,it was only a friendly...but Toni had 3 goals in that game,if im not mistaken,and the best game of his life IMO...
And who can forget Grosso goal,with a heads up pass by Pirlo

 

Your right,it was Belrus game,that he scored 3 goals then...

 

a few game come to mind :

1 82 vs Brazil 3-2 win (WC 2nd round)
2 82 vs Germany 3-1 win (WC final)
3 90 vs England 2-1 win (3rd place game)
4 94 vs Spain 2-1 win (1/4 final)
5 06 vs Germany 2-0 win (WC semi)

I really enjoyed the way we played vs Germany pre 06 WC in Firenze
winning 4-1

 

Italy vs West Germany 1982 WC final without a doubt. The finest display of Calcio Alla'Italiana that I've ever seen. In fact from the Brazil game onwards they were "magical"

I'd welcome a return to that style with open arms

 

yup 3-1 in Amsterdam

 

Italy 3 v 2 Brazil at world cup 1982. Classic match

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