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Flatfooted in the second half? Germany had Italy on its heels the first 20 minutes of the half. If anything Italy only really started to put some pressure on near the end of the second half/in the first and second OT periods. IIRC the Italian GK had to make a few (one that I can remember ATM anyway) good saves to keep the game scoreless.

Look at it this way:
Italy had 11 shots that were actually on goal, Germany had 6
Italy had TWELVE corner kicks, Germany had 4
Italy possessed the ball 16% more of the game than Germany (not domination by any means, but it does show who was in control)
Here's the big one: Lehmann had 10 saves to Buffon's 3.

Dude had 3 saves the whole game! Germany was just not putting enough worthwhile pressure on the Italian keeper, especially towards the end of the 2nd half and into the overtimes. Only 1 of those saves was actually a difficult one.

Germany definitely had its chances, but Italy wanted it more and you could tell.