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Toldo can afford to be bullish
AMSTERDAM. June 30 (Reuters): Italy goalkeeper Francesco Toldo said the Dutch could have beseiged his goal for hours more in their Euro 2000 semifinal on Thursday and would still never have scored.
"The script for this match was written before kickoff." said Toldo. who saved three penalties as the Italians, down to 10 men for most of the match, held out against the Dutch for 120 minutes before winning on spot kicks.
"They could have played for an entire day taking shots at our goal and they would never have scored."
Toldo saved a 38th minute penalty from Frank de Boer and then watched Patrick Kluivert crash a second spotkick against his right hand post in the 62nd minute.
The Fiorentina goalkeeper then saved penalties from Frank de Boer (again) and Paul Bosvelt and watched Jaap Stam blast his kick over the crossbar as the Italians wron 3-1 on spot-
kicks after extra time.
"Penalties are psychological things, wars between vou and the attacker." said Toldo. who would have been Italy's second choice goalkeeper here had Gianluigi Buffon not fractured a bone in his hand on the eve of the tournament.
"Psychologically you have to try to unsettle your opponent." he said. "That's why Stam missed."
"My first save was the best. That W’as the turning point."
Toldo said De Boer's penalty in the first half, awarded by German referee Markus Merk for a tug by Italy centreback Alessandro Nesta on Kluivert. should never have been given.
What penalty was there?" he asked.
Asked whether he now believed he w’as the best goalkeeper of the tournament, as many observers have claimed. Toldo said: "You can't make that Judgement until after the final."
Toldo's spectacular semifi-
nal performance marked the high point of a career which had owned as much to fortune ai coincidence as his undeniabi . talent. ^
He won his first cap as a suoL stitute in a qualifier for Euro M b after Italy's second choice:* keeper at the time. Luca Bucct. was sent off against Croatia^
The Fiorentina keeper had not even been due to travel to the match in Split but was; called up at the last minute when first choice goalkeeper Angelo Peruzzi suffered an injury.
Toldo had already packed his bags to go on holiday for the weekend when he was drafted in to the squad.
Toldo profitted a second time from Peruzzi s bad luck on the eve of the 1998 World Cup when he was t alk’d up as Italy's third choice keeper when the Juventus plawr sjph r» J , an-otlwr mjirry 1 r ' .
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