Guimengo Wrote:
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> Italy didn't have its best players but they're a
> stagnant team. 2006 was a fluke, the whole world
> except for stubborn Italians know that. I could
> easily see Santon, Balotelli, and Cassano in that
> team.
>
> Their disallowed goal was legitimate, yes, even
> more sweet since De Rossi dove for the penalty
> which gave them the draw the other game. I laughed
> and rejoiced as I watched the Italians complain
> about the Slovakians faking things. Italy only got
> through in 2006 with an inexistent penalty, go to
> hell
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I agree with you on one point, the Italian team is stagnant, and to be honest pretty @#$%&.
Cassano yes, Santon perhaps not, and Balotelli? Hell no! He is supposedly an amazing talent (he wouldn't be fit to lick Rooney's, Messi's or Aguero's boots if you were to compare their respective abilities at his age) but all I can see is that he makes all the wrong choices on the pitch, doesn't play for his team, and his attitude stinks the place out.
I'm not sure how you can rejoice at Italians being unfairly denied Gui, when everybody dives and cheats, not just Italians. Remember Rivaldo?
Luis Fabiano showed a blatant example of it against the Ivory Coast, Lucio spends half of his time feigning injury, and hey, everybody says that brazilians play the beautiful game, but that is only when they are winning comfortably. If they aren't then they stoop to the stereotypical South American dirty play exhibited by nations such as Uruguay and Argentina, which Brazilians like to pretend they are above
. When they are getting crapped on, (like in the Olympic semi final two years ago, or in the 1974 World Cup against Holland, as two examples that spring to mind immediately), out come the scything malicious fouls that make Benjamin Massing look gentle
And as for the penalty Grosso was awarded in 2006 against Australia, if it was anywhere else on the pitch it would have been given as a foul! I still remember that Alan Ball was in the studio, and he said it was a definite penalty
Everybody conveniently forgets that Materazzi shouldn't have been sent off earlier in the game, he took his own man out, and wasn't even the last man. Despite playing with a man extra, Australia did absolutely nothing to deserve going through, the right team won. Did the right team win the final? Perhaps, perhaps not, but both teams were crap. Doesn't mean it was a fluke though.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 06/26/2010 03:42AM by salvasirignano.