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Originally Posted by Thunderball
It may be a second class tournament, but the first class teams to beat are there (Spain and Brazil), and they brought the majority of their starters. Italy did too... and that's the problem. Brazil and Spain are young, prime teams. Italy's is spent, and rather than using a second class tournament to usher in a new group, they used it to confirm the old guard is mediocre at best now.
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As you said, it's good they bombed. Now if they win the European U21, they'll bring most of those players in.
I still wouldn't underestimate Italy next year.
I'm still confident about Brazil next year. Very difficult to beat Brazil in a World Cup outside of Europe.