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[Stephan]

This is good for Juve tbh. While everyone else will be in Qatar heat midseason all our italians can have a one month break middle of the season.

I truly believe having WC in november will create lot of complications in club football and only clubs with big squads can handle it.

 

[Elvin]

This is good for Juve tbh. While everyone else will be in Qatar heat midseason all our italians can have a one month break middle of the season.

I truly believe having WC in november will create lot of complications in club football and only clubs with big squads can handle it.

Except genius Serie A plans to hold a tournament for players who will not be in the WC

 

[Siamak]

This is good for Juve tbh. While everyone else will be in Qatar heat midseason all our italians can have a one month break middle of the season.

I truly believe having WC in november will create lot of complications in club football and only clubs with big squads can handle it.

This failure is more than a disaster, not only has an impact on the national team, but it'll also has a huge impact on the Serie A.

 

[s4tch]

poor fella. italy fans certainly deserve better.

 

[.zero]

poor fella. italy fans certainly deserve better.

Do they really tho?

 

[Badass J Elkann]

Has Gravina committed suicide yet? Piece of shit cunt is as bad as Tavecchio was

 

[JUVEMOOD]

Soooo… no Chiesa, no Locatelli, no Bonucci, no Bernaguti and Italy crashes out to an awful side 3:

Italy needs Juve or they suck ass.

This is almost true
All Italy Triumphs were of Juve Core

Having said that, I personally don't believe it

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[swag]

I think so too. Nothing negative about the Macedonians. They have their best generation and they are not anymore a team at the level of Latvia, Moldova or Cyprus, like they used to be in the last 20 years or so. But they are still no match to teams like Slovakia, Austria, Ukraine or Wales, and Italy are imo the only big European team that can be eliminated by teams such as the Macedonian one. Current England, France, Portugal, Spain, Germany and Belgium would have won yesterday's match quite comfortably.
This being said, full support from me for Macedonia against Portugal.

Hats off to North Macedonia. They came to Italy and pulled a smash-and-grab like Villareal did to Juve in the CL, except even more impressively. I do not take anything for granted with a team that can do that when playing Portugal. Portugal put on more style and flair than usual against Turkey last night, but the porous backline is dubious at best. Jose Fonte and a converted DM as your centerbacks just shows how much Covid and injuries have decimated their current playable back line.

North Macedonia will get their chances to test Portugal and, if they can frustrate their attack as they did Italy, they have some good odds in knocking out two European giants to qualify.

Everybody in Portugal is tired of the "negative play" and mentality of Fernando Santos, much like Italy often is of their own NT play. He is best at doing an Allegri to suffer through closer matches built on a tight defence and an opportunistic offense. But he always struggles at defensive matches where Portugal needs to break through against an organized side playing behind the ball. And they often lapse and create openings on the counter.

 

[Xperd]

poor fella. italy fans certainly deserve better.

Azzurri fan from Morris Park, Bronx

Looks like he's been cursed by @Bjerknes

Poor fella indeed

 

[KirilovBG]

From Baggio, Del Piero and Totti, to Berardi, Insigne and Immobile.

 

[Bjerknes]

Azzurri fan from Morris Park, Bronx

Looks like he's been cursed by @Bjerknes

Poor fella indeed

He deserves what he gets.

 

[Stevie]

From Baggio, Del Piero and Totti, to Berardi, Insigne and Immobile.

Creative flair players are being extinct in Italy in favour of hard working players who can play several positions with their main attribute being defending

 

[KirilovBG]

Creative flair players are being extinct in Italy in favour of hard working players who can play several positions with their main attribute being defending

That sounds running backwards in today's football to me.

 

[Ventus]

From Baggio, Del Piero and Totti, to Berardi, Insigne and Immobile.

Totti, Baggio, Del Piero, Vieri, Inzaghi.

But then again, most international teams are poor. Remember when Brazil had the likes of Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho and Romario.

 

[swag]

He deserves what he gets.

Italien blooooood!!

 

[Strickland]

Hats off to North Macedonia. They came to Italy and pulled a smash-and-grab like Villareal did to Juve in the CL, except even more impressively. I do not take anything for granted with a team that can do that when playing Portugal. Portugal put on more style and flair than usual against Turkey last night, but the porous backline is dubious at best. Jose Fonte and a converted DM as your centerbacks just shows how much Covid and injuries have decimated their current playable back line.

North Macedonia will get their chances to test Portugal and, if they can frustrate their attack as they did Italy, they have some good odds in knocking out two European giants to qualify.

Everybody in Portugal is tired of the "negative play" and mentality of Fernando Santos, much like Italy often is of their own NT play. He is best at doing an Allegri to suffer through closer matches built on a tight defence and an opportunistic offense. But he always struggles at defensive matches where Portugal needs to break through against an organized side playing behind the ball. And they often lapse and create openings on the counter.

Macedonia doesnt have the quality to capitalize on those openings though, really hard to see them pulling off anything besides a total lockdown and hodl until pens

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Pioli or Ranieri, just what's needed

 

[Bianconero81]

Creative flair players are being extinct in Italy in favour of hard working players who can play several positions with their main attribute being defending

That's true for most teams though. It's more about systems now. Fast and athletic players are the order of the day. Players who possess that element of magic and fantasy are a dying breed. If you look at the top players of tomorrow, including Mbappe and Haaland, you can't really call them magicians or flair players. In terms of talent, they are vastly inferior to the likes of Baggio, Zidane and Ronaldinho.

 

[Pirlo's Beard]

That's true for most teams though. It's more about systems now. Fast and athletic players are the order of the day. Players who possess that element of magic and fantasy are a dying breed. If you look at the top players of tomorrow, including Mbappe and Haaland, you can't really call them magicians or flair players. In terms of talent, they are vastly inferior to the likes of Baggio, Zidane and Ronaldinho.

Pretty much why I enjoy football less & less as time goes on.

It's the same for any sport really, given enough time, money and science the participants become like robots.

Everybody has the blueprint to success, the 'meta' if you will. Whoever can copy it best wins the trophies. There's no room for individuals now unless they're also capable of putting in the hard yards OR in absolutely rare cases they're so good they can get by.