Italy 's defenders were ubiquitous , and Shevchenko was left to jog impotently through a maze of blue-shirted Italians , whose famous defense held despite the absence of its centerpiece , Alessandro Nesta , who sat out with a thigh injury .
Alessandro Nesta /people/person/nationality Italy
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