
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 14: Daniele De Rossi of Italy (L) celebrates scoring his team's first goal with Fabio Cannavaro and Vincenzo Iaquinta during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group F match between Italy and Paraguay at Green Point Stadium on June 14, 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Italy's midfielder Daniele De Rossi (ground) scores against Paraguay during the Group F first round 2010 World Cup football match Italy vs. Paraguay on June 14, 2010 at Green Point stadium in Cape Town.

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 14: Daniele De Rossi of Italy (L) celebrates scoring his team's first goal with Fabio Cannavaro and Vincenzo Iaquinta during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group F match between Italy and Paraguay at Green Point Stadium on June 14, 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa.

(From top, L) Italy's defender Gianluca Zambrotta, strikers Vincenzo Laquinta and Alberto Gilardino, defenders Domenico Criscito and Giorgio Chiellini and goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, (from bottom L) midfielders Claudio Marchisio and Riccardo Montolivo, defender Fabio Cannavaro, midfielder Daniele De Rossi and midfielder Simone Pepe pose prior to the start of the Group F first round 2010 World Cup football match Italy vs. Paraguay on June 14, 2010 at Green Point stadium in Cape Town.

Paraguay's Carlos Bonet, left, and Italy's Simone Pepe, right, head the ball during the World Cup group F soccer match between Italy and Paraguay in Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, June 14, 2010.

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 14: Daniele De Rossi of Italy (C) clears the ball during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group F match between Italy and Paraguay at Green Point Stadium on June 14, 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa.

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