I think I'm with Charlie on this one. In the match against Holland, Italy didn't play well, but it wasn't that bad either. Holland was in top shape.
I didn't see much of Romania - Italy, but read in the paper that Italy wasn't great.

I filled out the pool for my sister-in-law and going over the teams I didn't see an all-out favorite, so I took the other way of excluding teams. Italy remained with Germany. And there is the fact that I have my preferences.... No Portugal or Croatia PLEASE!

Loop, I think the black player you mean was Nwankwo Kanu. He played at Inter Milan (not Juve).