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Every Four years the World comes together for one sporting event that surpasses the intensity and passion of any other. National pride trumps team alliances and a country's colors are worn like battle scars. This goliath of athletic competition captivates every corner of the earth and we're NOT talking about the Olympics. Of course it's the World Cup! So put on your salsa shoes because we're heading to Brazil.

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Italy World Cup Preview

Italy has many world-class players and a great midfield and they look to forget about their disaster in the 2010 World Cup when they finished last in their group.

They went unbeaten in the qualifying process, but have gone without a win in friendly matches since qualifying for Brazil. They have been drawn into a tough group even though they have the best betting odds to win it. Italy is stacked, once again, but will they implode like they did in 2010?

Group Preview

Italy is in, arguably, the 2nd Rica, and England. They face a tough England team in their first match, which is a great match up in the midfield. In their next match they are the big betting favorite facing Costa Rica, who have the worst overall odds to win the World Cup this summer. In their last group match they face a Uruguay squad that is playing on their home continent and has a great attack.

BETTING ODDS

Odds to win World Cup: +2500

Odds to win Group: +163

Odds to finish bottom of group: +1400

Best World Cup Finish: Winners (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)

World Cup Match Schedule

15/06/14 England vs. Italy – Arena Amazonia

20/06/14 Italy vs. Costa Rica – Arena Pernambuco

24/06/14 Italy vs. Uruguay – Arena das Dunas

Qualifying

While Italy did not lose a match in the qualification process they were not overly impressive in one of the weaker groups. The stiffest competition in the group was the Czech Republic and they beat them at home 2-1 and played to a 0-0 draw against them on the road. In their last 2 matches they played to a couple of 2-2 draws against inferior squads and overall their record was 6-0-4. Italy does have a good defense and in their 10 qualifying matches they had 4 clean sheets.

Strengths and Weaknesses

The Italians have a great midfield led by veteran Andrea Pirlo from Juventus and it is a unit the plays great defense and can really set up the attack. GK Gianluigi Buffon from Juventus is another holdover from the 2006 World Cup and having toughest group in Group D along with Uruguay, Costa death with injuries for a couple of seasons a few years back he has come back strong and led Juventus to 3 straight Scudetto titles. The offense is not a great one and while AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli can be one of the best in the world he also is very temperamental and volatile.

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