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SuperMatt18 · 07-12-2010, 01:14 PM

Anybody who actually thinks that that Italy team in 2006 was "lucky" and the worst team to win the World Cup is just being biased and ignorant.

They had a dominating defense in that tourney, and the best defender (Cannavaro) and keeper (Buffon) in the World at the time.

Gattuso was one of the best defensive midfielders in the world and Pirlo was in his prime as a creative playmaker. Plus they had a few great players at striker in Totti, Toni, and Del Piero. Grosso and Zambrotta were also both clutch in that tournament.

If you go back and watch those games Italy was a deserved champion and were not outplayed in any of those games except for maybe periods of the final. But even then Italy scored two good goals in the final (one disallowed) and France scored one on a bogus penalty.

That Italian team had what I think was a 27 game undefeated streak going into and following that tournament and were in no way the worst team to win the tournament.

Their fall since that point in time makes them look worse in retrospect but make no mistake at that time that group of Italian players were all at their primes, working as a great team and deserving winners.

But personally to me any team that wins the World Cup is deserving and it is impossible to sort who is the weakest team. It is impossible to compare since the teams do not get to play each other and with everybody's biases they tend to hate on teams they do not like and rank them lower.

07-12-2010, 01:14 PM	#3792
SuperMatt18 Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Calgary, AB Exp:	Anybody who actually thinks that that Italy team in 2006 was "lucky" and the worst team to win the World Cup is just being biased and ignorant. They had a dominating defense in that tourney, and the best defender (Cannavaro) and keeper (Buffon) in the World at the time. Gattuso was one of the best defensive midfielders in the world and Pirlo was in his prime as a creative playmaker. Plus they had a few great players at striker in Totti, Toni, and Del Piero. Grosso and Zambrotta were also both clutch in that tournament. If you go back and watch those games Italy was a deserved champion and were not outplayed in any of those games except for maybe periods of the final. But even then Italy scored two good goals in the final (one disallowed) and France scored one on a bogus penalty. That Italian team had what I think was a 27 game undefeated streak going into and following that tournament and were in no way the worst team to win the tournament. Their fall since that point in time makes them look worse in retrospect but make no mistake at that time that group of Italian players were all at their primes, working as a great team and deserving winners. But personally to me any team that wins the World Cup is deserving and it is impossible to sort who is the weakest team. It is impossible to compare since the teams do not get to play each other and with everybody's biases they tend to hate on teams they do not like and rank them lower. Last edited by SuperMatt18; 07-12-2010 at 01:22 PM.