1.   Caricola, the experienced Italian defender, said the entire team was disjointed Sunday.

2.   Firmani plans to keep Nicola Caricola, the veteran Italian defender, at sweeper, the last man on defense in front of goalkeeper Tony Meola.

3.   In the final minutes, both Zamorano and Salas were hammered to the ground by two Italian defenders, Alessandro Nesta of Lazio and Fabio Cannavaro of Parma.

4.   Italian defender Nicola Berti thinks Baggio will be ready.

5.   The Italian defenders, Fabio Cannavaro and Giuseppe Bergomi, stood on either side of Flo all day like federal agents guarding a fugitive.

6.   Also on Sunday, Italian defender Ciro Ferrara broke his leg and is expected to be lost for France.

7.   Another Italian defender of Rangers, Lorenzo Amoruso, definitely sank his team when he handed the ball in the penalty area to stop a pass to Chiesa.

8.   Apart from Flo, Arveladze and de Boer, Italian defender Lorenzo Amoruso is a key player along with German goalkeeper Stefan Klos and Russian international winger Andrei Kanchelskis.

9.   Brothers Shota and Archil Arveladze, who play in the Dutch league, also put Italian defenders under steady pressure in the first part of the match.

10.   But Italian defender Roberta Stefanelli tackled Birgit Prinz hard in the box, missing the ball.