German defender, Mats Hummels, admitted that Italy's performance at Euro 2012 has surprised him. Gli Azzurri source of strength he called there in the midfield, with Andrea Pirlo to be the key.
Italy look good in all the European Cup finals of 2012. Although the first two games only drew with Spain and Croatia, Cesare Prandelli's squad showed an impressive game and troublesome opponents.
What is shown is called Hummels et al Gianluigi Buffon surprising. Moreover, Borussia Dortmund defender personally that put Italy on the bottom seeded teams like Spain and Germany.
"We will face opponents who have the ability to truly equal with us in every way. In fact, I think they are superior to Spain in the group and the (performance) they keep getting better and better," said the German game-related Hummels vs Italy in the semi-finals as reported dfb.de and reported by ESPN Star.
"I recognize in my judgment they are not a team that is ranked the top three, but I know I was wrong," he added.
Furthermore, Hummels called if the midfield is the main strength of the team that made by Cesare Prandelli. Moreover, there is Andrea Pirlo which he described as the key game of the teams 'Affairs Pizza'.
"They have an excellent balance of current offense and defense, midfield and in attack, (Riccardo) Montolivo, (Andrea) Pirlo, and (Daniele) De Rossi they have superb technique in reading the game and survive, especially Pirlo, he will be key players to watch out for, "said 23-year-old players.
Semi-final match between Germany against Italy at the National Stadium, Warsaw, Friday (29/06/2012) pm dawn. Joachim Loew made for the team, this game could become a means of revenge when they defeated Italy in the last four World Cup 2006.