Spain were worse. I'd argue Brazil 94 was worse. Brazil 94 was mindnumbingly boring other than that crazy game against the Dutch. 1-0 against US, 1-0 against Sweden then 0-0 against a beaten up Italy team that had to travel across the country on 3 days rest.
You bring up Italy against USA and AUS and France but they crushed their other opponents. They came out of a much tougher group (CZE, GHA, USA) and they beat a game Australian team with 10 men (and a dive). And they crushed UKR in the QF in about 15 minutes, they let up or it would have been worse than 3-0. And they beat GERMANY IN GERMAMY! That alone make them worthy winners. And battled back from a bogus penalty 7 minutes into the FINAL!
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