remember when Ribery and Evra started an uprising in the middle of the 2010 WC
Every time I question why Belgium hired Roberto Martinez, I remember that France was coached by Ray Domenech.
" -There is an Italian club involved in human traffic "
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@Hust
Adrian Mutu get in another car crash and cocaine bust?
I have to say the Italian press are starting to annoy me.
It's always this narrative of 'uniti contro tutti'. Always going on about how everyone is against them.
Italy are by far the most popular team in this tournament. Everyone, me included, wants them to win it.
It's the cliché us-against-the-world attitude to cop. Silicon Valley is rife with it -- you get billionaires at one of the biggest market cap companies on the planet and they're still going with the "We're a tiny startup that's going to disrupt the establishment and take on the world!"
You are the establishment, douchebag.
People make it a strategy to delude no one else but themselves.
Spain has this Portugal 2016/Croatia 2018 vibe. Every match is a mountain climbed after extra-time or penalties, but they still keep going.
Italy reminds me of the Czech 2004 team. Didn't start as top favorites, but played the best football in the tournament. Lost in the semis.
I forget where I wrote the same thing about Spain. In these rounds, it's all about surviving -- not style points. And Spain has been deceptively hard to kill off, even if they don't seem to be playing well.
I do wonder what Italy can achieve without Spinazzola bombing down the wing, though. They don't see to have the right personnel for that style now and would have to adjust with alternatives when they need a goal ... sending the old men CBs forward or something to mix things up.
Everytime a team starts talking about the final they go and lose the semi finals.
Every year it seems 3 out of the 4 semifinalists are guilty of exactly that and go out losers. Funny how that happens...
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