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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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People have known this for the better part of 2 years, and yet he was the man at the back doing all the heavy lifting. Did they have no one else that could do the job?
They took a guy who was well past his prime and expected him to live up to standard set 4 years ago, effectively asking him to play over his head? That is absolutely asinine. What kind of coach/manager would make a decision like that?