Following their successes in 1934 and 1938, Italy lifted the FIFA World Cup for the third time at Spain 1982 thanks largely to an outstanding performance by striker Paolo Rossi.Italy has produced stars such as Roberto Baggio, Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi, Gianni Rivera and the unforgettable Dino Zoff .

Stars
Finding stars on the Brazilian team is as easy as looking at the sky on a clear night. The team is full of stars like Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos (both from Real Madrid) and Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona) are among the highlights and the German contingent of Juan and Roque Junior (Leverkusen) as well as Lucio and Ze Roberto (Bayern Munich) and Gilberto (Hertha BSC Berlin).The young talented Robinho have added strength to the artillary.In addition to thes , name like Juninho Pernambucano, Julio Baptista, Robinho,, Kaka, Adriano shows the strength of brazilain team.They are all heated to defend thier title.

Bottom line: Italy need to unite together and play a team football as many new players has been included in the team.The italian should also also make thier mind for the tight games and late penalty.The Italian have always led the opponent score at final minutes of the game.Italy should be careful of that fact and should be careful in last minutes in thier defence.

Some facts and recent developments:
Italy is first team to defend thier trophy in world cup (winning cup in 1934 and thenagain in 1938)
Giovanni Trapattoni replaced Dino Zoff and led Italy through qualifying for UEFA EURO 2004 atfer Italy's exit from the worldcup 2002 however because of ordinary performace of italy in EURO Cup,Trapattoni was replaced by former Juventus coach Marcello Lippi.
Lippi has made introduced nine new players in Italian team with in less than a year time.
Italy lost to brazil in penalties in world cup of 1994 where the star player Roberto Baggio could not score a penalty.It mark the downfall of his carrier.