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Monster Masch
2? Just the 1 in a 4-2 victory. Why are you attempting to downplay England's one and only success? Italy are always able to put together a successful national team, like Brazil have been able to do, no one has ever doubted that - The rolex comment was only a joke.
Metaphysical
Bomb Dropper
very good player.. wasted in Roma.. he is a big plus to any team..sadly he is a romanista which means he will probably rot there
sadly, yes.
I remember after totti won the scudetto you guys wanted to buy him (second galactico after figo I think?) and he turned you down. I'm glad he did because had he moved on after that he'd have fulfilled his immense potential to be the best player in the world.
But they won the WC 4 times
twice in the 30's when it was a completely different game and participation was limited, etc. and if you discount those first 3 world cups (uruguay, italy, italy) they only have 2, which are 24 years apart. much less impressive. there's a reason the italians and uruguayans are the only ones that substantially care about pre-war football.
of those, only de rossi is proven world class. chiellini and santon are on the way, though.
montolivo and aquilani are good, but not that great and don't perform when the pressure is on. rossi for all his energy is inconsistent and can buckle under pressure (how long did he go without scoring from feb to may?) giovinco is built like a 5 year old and juve obviously have no confidence in him because of this. it's a real shame because he's obviously skilled out the wazoo. he should go play in mexico.
balotelli is the new cassano.
but yeah, there is a talent vacuum in italy, punctuated by only a handful of players who are any good at international level. and the reason for this is italy's backwards attitude towards youngsters. for all of their whinging about their youngsters being poached, how many teens get a chance for first-team footie in italy? especially at the better clubs? they're loaned out/co-owned to smaller clubs for ages, then eventually sold.
they need to change their attitude otherwise italy will continue to struggle. 10 years ago you could have named an italy side with world-class performers in every position. could you do that now? could you even get CLOSE?
sammy
Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite
Even if we discount it, with 2 WC trophies, they have what almost every country in the world don't.
I'm not italy's fan though.
John Antonio Bilboa
Howard Roark laughed
Dead in the water rumor really.
Sme1 needs to save my man frm tht shower of shite...Its so heart breaking to see his talent wasted in tht team...Such a talented, sexy, beautiful & passionate footballer deserves to be winning league & CL every year..Hence, he shud cme to us 
Lets trade Laporta+txiki for him :biggrin:
Lets trade Laporta+txiki for him :biggrin:
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Esteve
Guest
Well he definitely didn't have Diego in his pocket
Well he definitely didn't have Diego in his pocket
Dnt think he was instructed to...If he had, the twat is so tiny, tht my man wud 've swallowed him in an instant
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Esteve
Guest
Nahhhhh! Diego bossed shit!
House of Flies
all your bases belong to us
Dnt think he was instructed to...If he had, the twat is so tiny, tht my man wud 've swallowed him in an instant
enough about daniele... what about you? do you spit or swallow?
Necro Spaaw
NeSaVlaDiV
Diego is better than De Rossi, in any case.
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