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Turkey -v- Italy (Italy Player Reports)

Toldo - Possibly a little at fault with the goal as he was undecided on his position for the cross but generally performed with credit, safe with his punching and commanding his area

Cannavaro - Tackled and played well but made one defensive mistake that almost led to a goal

Nesta - Reliable and solid, coped well with the threat and strength of Hakan Sukur, could have given away a penalty with the score at 2-1 and did give the ball away on one occassion in the first-half

Maldini - Played and tackled well, got forward on occassions. Gave away an unnecessary free-kick that led to the Turkish goal

Zambrotta - Worked hard up and down the wing, didn't hesitate to shoot but failed to find the target

Conte - Got forward well and headed wide early in the first-half before scoring a spectacular trade-mark overhead kick for the opening goal

Albertini - Played some good through balls, if a little ambitious

Pessotto - Put a few good crosses over and played some good through balls. Replaced by Iuliano in the 61st minute

Iuliano - Replaced Pessotto in the 61st minute. Caught out early but soon settled down and turned in a solid performance

Fiore - Played some great through balls and put in some good crosses, found plenty of space. Replaced by Del Piero in the 74th minute

Del Piero - Replaced Fiore in the 74th minute and created three scoring opportunities. Hit the bar with a great free-kick and had another effort cleared off the line

Inzaghi - Found it hard to get past Alpay but chased hard and found at least six scoring opportunities, though he just failed to get his eye on target until the penalty. Didn't hesitate in going down in the box for the penalty and converted it perfectly, shooting low and hard into the bottom left-hand corner

Totti - Started well and had a very impressive first-half, drifted out of the game in the second-half. Failed with his free-kick attempt, shooting straight into the wall.Hit the bar with a header. Replaced by Di Livio in the 82nd minute

Di Livio - Replaced Totti in the 82nd minute. Put the bal lin the net in the final minute but was caught offside, didn't really have enough time to get into the game