Del Piero came on after about 65 minutes - and it was only in the last 25 that Italy were starting to produce chances. No matter how you want to slice it, 3-0 is getting decimated. Italy were unprepared for the Dutch counters.
Having said that, France looked so awful I'd still pick the Azzuri to get in ahead of Les Bleus (which sounds weird when you translate that into English, but you know what I mean).
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