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Italy look ahead to England test
Posted Saturday, June 23, 2012 by SNTV

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Italy's Gianluigi Buffon goalkeeper talks on Friday in Krakow, Poland, about the upcoming quarter-final match against England.

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SOUNDBITE (Italian) Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon:

"I think it will be a very tight and even game. No team is favourite, because our path over these last few years shows that both of us are looking for affirmation and to get back some prestige we have lost over the last three, four years".

SOUNDBITE (Italian) Italy goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu:

"I think (Wayne) Rooney is an outstanding player, a complete player of an extremely high level. I think that he comes just after (Lionel) Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. He is a player who has everything, he can shoot from distance, he goes in the penalty area, supports his team mates, can head the ball, he's acrobatic. To find a weakness in him is almost impossible."

SOUNDBITE (Italian) Italy goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis:

"One of the main traits of this team is their physicality and their attitude. Obviously we have talked about that, something we can contrast only by playing an organised and technically superior game."

Standings
    Rank Team W/D/L Pts

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    The Top 3 Teams of Previous Tournaments

    Year Winners Runner-up Third place
    2008SpainGermanyRussia / Turkey
    2004GreecePortugalNetherlands / Czech Republic
    2000FranceItalyNetherlands / Portugal
    1996GermanyCzech RepublicFrance / England
    1992DenmarkGermanyNetherlands / Sweden
    1988NetherlandsSoviet UnionItaly / West Germany
    1984FranceSpainDenmark / Portugal
    1980West GermanyBelgiumCzechoslovakia
    1976CzechoslovakiaWest GermanyNetherlands
    1972West GermanySoviet UnionBelgium
    1968ItalyYugoslaviaEngland
    1964SpainSoviet UnionHungary
    1960Soviet UnionYugoslaviaCzechoslovakia