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Originally Posted by Locke
Or, it goes more to a point that I made years ago, that the stronger teams struggled in 06 and these two weaker teams squeaked through. It was the weakest WC Final of our time.
You dont go from sucking hard in 2002, to winning in 2006, to sucking hard again in 2010. The Win is the outlier there, not the suckage.
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That 2002 Italy team was actually a good team that just had no luck and bad coaching, 5 good goals called back in three straight games and then the terrible Totti red in the Korea match.
The 2006 Italy team was a good "team" they were impenetrable defensively and were unbeatable leading up to that tourney too.
2010 they sucked had no offensive creativity, and only qualified by feasting on the minnows of their group. I had no belief that this was a good team and knew they would be out sooner then later but still had to cheer till the bitter end.
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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Italy and specifically Lippi were living in the past and thought the glory of 06 would occur again in '10. Just like Canada in 02/06 Olympics.
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This is the first thing I though of when I saw the roster for this Italy team with Lippi back as coach, if was just like the 2006 Olympic team where the team was too old, too slow and living on past glory. Hopefully there will be similar results and the Italians regroup for 2014.