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Originally Posted by Пятхъдесят Шест
Perhaps we haven't talked enough about how good Italy is. This Italy team is ACE. Maybe it seems more clear after this pounding of Ukraine. It will be hard for anyone to beat these guys. Return to glory?
(The diving should stop though, really)
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I think people always know that Italy are very skilful, the problem is that they so rarely apply that skill to it's logical effect. Today was the first time this tournament that Italy attacked the oposition, and they demonstrated very ably that when they attack, they cause massive problems. This lack of application must be a source of massive frustration for the Italian people, but maybe the team will build on their discovery of this new-fangled attack thingy.
I'm a bit sad that Ukraine have gone - for whatever reason, I've developed a little bit of passion for them. Such fine players but again, not the right tactics on the day - why oh why were after getting the ball up the field in the first half, did they consistently elect to play it around too much? Maybe they just didn't realise that that guy waving his arms around in the box was
Andriy Shevchenko - "SHEVA" - the greatest forward in the world, and
on their team! Please, forgive my sarcasm, I'm a touch miffed (and more than a tad nonplussed).
A bad day for my team. After rising up the league a bit, Ukraine and Argentina both flop, and the dropped Luca Toni finally scores (twice, if you please). At least I've got him for two more games.
Good luck to fellow leaguesters in the remaining games - the right choice of captain on any given day might mean massive points!