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Originally Posted by Ark2
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.
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But how are the young guys? Are they any good? Montolivo was there, he did nothing. One young guy that Lippi did choose over an old guy was Criscito over Grosso and he was utter crap. Italy has famously been strong at left back, he might have been one of the worst ever.
It'll be a dry spell to Italian football for a while.