Going throughout he brackets and match ups and combinations and keeping the historical match ups and performances into consideration i have to say it looks very good for italy to make the final again. Their bracket is as easy if not easier than it was in 2006 and the same as in 94 when they both times made final.
They will get a tough win against ivory coast the next round. A quarter final OT win agaist holland and most likely a possible semi against belgium or portugal (argentina looks like shit sorry) which they will then win 2-0.
They will then face the winner of the brazil-spain match in the next round who i think will go all the way to semis to face and beat the germans.
I made the same prediction 8 years ago and called the italy winner during the first round after seeing the brackets and it sadly happened, I so hope I'm wrong but the brackets and match ups and what we have seen from these teams so far are so perfectly setup for this scenario
They will get a tough win against ivory coast the next round. A quarter final OT win agaist holland and most likely a possible semi against belgium or portugal (argentina looks like shit sorry) which they will then win 2-0.
They will then face the winner of the brazil-spain match in the next round who i think will go all the way to semis to face and beat the germans.
I made the same prediction 8 years ago and called the italy winner during the first round after seeing the brackets and it sadly happened, I so hope I'm wrong but the brackets and match ups and what we have seen from these teams so far are so perfectly setup for this scenario