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Originally Posted by Locke
Who are you cheering for? Werent you singing Italy's praises from day 1? I said it before and I maintain it, the Italians should really cherish that 06 cup, because they got lucky.
They were brutal the 2 tournaments before it and they were brutal in the tournament after it.
I also mentioned that the squad Italy brought to this Euro just wasnt that good. Combined with Donadoni it was a recipe for disaster.
But like Thunderball is saying, the visual difference between a 'good' Italian squad and the epic crapshow we were forced to watch for weeks isnt all that different.
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All these posts and you don't know who I'm cheering for? I'm a Brazil fan so I'm not too concerned about the Euros but still enjoy the tournament. And I do like Italy because I remember some great games that they have won in the past playing nice football. Whenever they play dull, boring football they always pay for it so they should stop it!
I was saying I thought Italy would win. This was of course before Cannavaro was hurt and before I realized Donadoni had no clue. And I also said and stand by the fact that Italy beat themselves and Holland weren't that good in the first game. Holland scored on counter-attacks, yes Italy does attack or else how can you counter-attack? Holland showed that they beat 3 very weak teams in the so-called group of death and then when confronted with a good team they folded.
I will disagree with you that Italy were poor in 2002 and 2006. In 2002 they scored in every game and were a few minutes away from getting to the QF and who knows how far after that. And in 2006 they played attacking style and won, scoring 12 goals in the process. In this tournament they never replaced a player like Totti.
There is a big difference between a good Italian team and a crapshow. The Italians aren't as negative as many make them out to be (their club sides are often quite attacking), but they played to stereotype yesterday. Worse Italian performance I've ever seen. You know Italian fans can be pretty delusional and never accept that Italy lost properly (always a conspiracy) but yesterday, they were embarrassed how the team played and have nothing to say.
As you said, let the good teams continue into the semifinals.