Datasport Rankings for Italy/Germany

Datasport has posted their player rankings for the match. For those not familiar with Datasport, I recommend you check them out (provided you know a little Italian!). Their rankings tend to be a bit more harsh than some other publications, but I think they’re more realistic than most.

ITALIA
Buffon 7
Cannavaro F. 6.5
Nesta 6.5
Zaccardo 6.5
Camoranesi 7.5
De Rossi 7.5
Grosso 6
Pirlo 6
Del Piero 6.5
Gilardino 7
Toni 6.5
Materazzi s.v.
Pasqual s.v.
Barone s.v.
Perrotta 6
Iaquinta s.v.
Lippi 7.5

GERMANIA
Lehmann 5.5
Friedrich 5.5
Huth 5
Lahm 6
Mertesacker 4.5
Schneider 5.5
Ballack 5
Deisler 5.5
Frings 5
Klose 5
Podolski 4.5
Borowski 6
Metzelder 5.5
Schweinsteiger 6
Asamoah 5

ARBITRO:
Iturralde Gonzalez 6.5