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I think he's saying that if Italy win, it was expected anyway. Almost like if Switzerland win you get EXTRA kudos than usual, because most expected Italy to win. But if you were wrong, you were brave enough to stick your neck out.
No, what I was saying is that tempt unnecessarily elaborate to allow wiggle room to spin it so he wasn’t wrong in the end whichever way it turns out. If swiss wins “called the upset” if italy wins “see, this is why I made sure to point out it would be an upset if Swiss won. Italy expected win did happen. Called it”