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Originally Posted by Locke
You sound like Ron Wilson. Credit given where credit is due, the Dutch made the Italians look amateur.
Italy had their 4 best forwards on the field, 3 of them at the same time and they still managed conjure almost zero offense against the 'weak' Dutch defense.
Italy got outclassed. Their defense looked old, slow and confused, they were scrambling in front of the net and the whole team gave up with 20 minutes left.
Offside goal or not, they were only down 1-0 very early on and then the Dutch kept pressing.
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The Dutch did make Italy look like garbage because they were able to exploit 4 players... Panucci, Barzagli, Materazzi and Ambrosini.
As soon as I saw the starting lineup, I knew they were not going to win... I didn't think it would be this bad, but I knew they would hemmorage goals.