In order to beat Italy, Spain has to play a lot better than they used to during this cup and Italians need to fail hard. They already played in the group, it was a draw. But that was one of the better matches for Spain and one of the worse for Italy.
Btw. Pirlo lost the ball only two times. One was a foul which refree didn't signalize and second was in overtime and I guess he was tired. Other than that he played flawlessly in last two matches. Simply amazing. During the match I had a feeling that even if whole german team surrounded him he wouldn't lose the ball. He was that good.
If Italy wins he should be the best player for this (past) year. But I also cheer for Drogba because he singlehandedly won Champions League (against german national team called FC Bayern
). They both deserve it a lot more than Messi or CR or anyone else gay like those two actors. I'm sad to say this but old players are still better than young ones and I feel that football won't have epic players in the future like Pirlo and Drogba.