VivoAzzurro.it. “Perhaps I’ve not said that I was going to shoot with my left for the other post but then I saw Maier’s movement and quickly changed my aim,” he said. “In doing so, I also changed the foot with which I kicked it. That’s a detail which I noticed mostly from seeing it again on television. It was a goal which summed up all of my abilities in its simplicity: technique, speed of though and composure.”
 
Rivera also offered a view of this current Italy side: “They’re doing well. There aren’t any exceptional individuals but a lot of quality players. It’s a good group, born from the one that gave a good account of itself at the European Championship.”
 
To finish, he also compared the current Germany side to the ones he went up against: “In my day, they were perhaps more of a cohesive group than a side with great individuals. Now they have lots of excellent players and I don’t see one who really stands out in the way that Beckenbauer perhaps used to.” ]]>