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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
i enjoyed the game-- not for what was evident on the movement of the ball, but for the enormous tension & trench warfare.
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Precisely. Although while I had no no problem with Uruguay beating them, the thing I loved about it so much was the way Italy dictated everything - until the end, obviously. It was the most classically 'Italian' performance we've seen so far ... far more than the one against England. If you wanted to show anyone the strengths of the Italian style you could show the first 80 minutes, then show all of it to show its potential flaw. Loved it. But then I do love Italy when they're being 'Italy', even to a fault.
Irony is Prandelli is a very 'un-Italian' mananger that'll probably be sacked (edit: just heard he's already gone) after his team played a typically 'Italian' game.