It took a goal from Giampaolo Pazzini to 6 'from the end, the goal of the national number 700 marked in Italian territory, to allow a' Italy discreet but wasteful to beat Slovenia at the Franchi in Florence and qualify for Euro arithmetically next June in Poland and Ukraine. Italy can certainly brighter than the competition with the Faroes, but appeared still running, as was admitted by himself on the eve Prandelli. It should not be forgotten, however, that with this success, the Blues have put together 22 points with 16 goals scored and only one suffered, however, the numbers give reason to the work of the coach. Now that the qualification is centered Cesare Prandelli can plan with confidence in the near future and can finally immerse yourself in Italian football championship, which starts Friday night with AC Milan-Lazio. THE GAME - As expected Prandelli confirmed the couple bervilinea Rossi-Cassano, and the team seems right at home against Slovenia, but covered in obvious technical deficiencies. In the first 5 'the Blues put together three occasionissima to unlock the race, and the host defense shaking several times throughout the first fraction, with Rossi and De Rossi and Cassano especially dangerous to man carves out a role to assist. Buffon is not non-paying audience, having to actually take a couple of times on conclusions from a distance of Vrsic poisonous. In the second half the blues do not lower the rate already high, and starts to become more difficult to create hazards to the door Handanovic. So Prandelli insert fresh forces with Marchisio Thiago Motta (physical problem range) and later for Pazzini for Cassano and Balotelli Montolivo. In the end, after so many opportunities thrown to the winds and a bit of bad luck, lucky break comes: De Rossi throws in the area, with the respective markers Pazzini Balotelli try to intervene, a rebound favors Pazzini who found the ball on the right and Handanovic unforgiving race. Then he runs to embrace Prandelli, and the public in Florence you can enjoy the joy of his former pupils. PRANDELLI - "At this time the intensity is hard to find then they were closing a lot. In any case, after the goal we had the mastery of the game", so the coach, Cesare Prandelli said the microphones of RAI for 1 victory -0 against Slovenia, which has provided the pass for the Azzurri Euro 2012. "A few fans in the stadium? It's up to us to bring people with our performance,"
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