If it does come down to Brazil vs Italy, Brazil will have to rethink their strategy. They've stopped trying to fix their weak defense and have decided simply to try and pile on more goals than they can concede. With an attack as strong as Brazil's, that is a plan that would work well against the vast majority of teams...
.. except one like Italy with such a strong defense. And while Italy's attack isn't as strong as Brazil's, the Brazilian defense in its current form with have HUGE problems with Del Piero, Totti, and Vieri.. much more so than will Nesta and Canavarro faced with Ronaldo & Rivaldo...