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Originally Posted by Thunderball
Looked onside since the defenders foot was actually ahead of Quagliarella, but when you play like garbage for 95% of the tournament, you don't deserve a break. But I guess other angles looked more convincing that it was offside. Maybe another case for instant replay/coach challenge?
Lippi stacked the deck against Italy to the extent that it was really pick your poison, a narrow loss to Slovakia and a depressing early exit that will prompt radical change, or a demolition job by Holland, the gloating of annoying Oranje fans, and the regressive thinking we had a chance, got beat by a top opponent, and that things aren't so gloomy, with many of this dysfunctional cast of characters getting a second swansong in Euro 2012.
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As bad as this tournament was for the Azzurri, I'm not really all that concerned for the future. The Italians have several creative players that should have made this squad but were left off because Lippi preferred to go with what he already knew. The defense was quite poor, but I think this has everything to do with Cannavaro no longer having what it takes. I expect to see a much stronger Italian side in 2012.