Dreamer,

in 1998, it seemed to me that Itallians felt sour that France "stole" the cup from them. France never defeated Italy, only in Penalties. Also some of the French players were part of Itallian teams in the first place and this is the place where they learn the Itallian strategy and the classical Itallian defense.

The same deal in 1994. Italy lost only in penalties. I always thought that the play maker and strikers were very important. I know the fans liked Del Piero and Roberto Baggio. But I never liked them. I thought that del pierro is physically weak and was always canceled by other teams defense. Roberto Baggio played was very conceited and was way overrated. Unfortunately for Italy, Zola received the red card in 1994.