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Turkey
-v- Italy (Italy Player Reports)
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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
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Cannavaro
- Tackled and played well but made one defensive mistake that
almost led to a goal
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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
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Maldini -
Played and tackled well, got forward on occassions. Gave away
an unnecessary free-kick that led to the Turkish goal
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Zambrotta
- Worked hard up and down the wing, didn't hesitate to shoot
but failed to find the target
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Conte - Got
forward well and headed wide early in the first-half before
scoring a spectacular trade-mark overhead kick for the opening
goal
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Albertini
- Played some good through balls, if a little ambitious
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Pessotto -
Put a few good crosses over and played some good through balls.
Replaced by Iuliano in the 61st minute
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Iuliano -
Replaced Pessotto in the 61st minute. Caught out early but soon
settled down and turned in a solid performance
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Fiore - Played
some great through balls and put in some good crosses, found
plenty of space. Replaced by Del Piero in the 74th minute
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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
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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
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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
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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
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