Seven, don't even bother with these clowns. trolling the Azzurri thread is all they got, so give em that. If they had anything better to do they'd do it.
Buy on AliExpress.com
Official Azzurri WC2010 Thread (18 Viewers)
- Thread starter X Æ A-12
- Start date
- Status
Buy on AliExpress.com
Too bad this forum doesn't have an ignore function, had to make my own:
http://i.imgur.com/o87iq.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/o87iq.jpg
Obviously that is a pretty dire result, performance was just ok. The big problem is breaking teams down. The NZ goal was miles offside but really, I'm sick of talking about shit like that, seems we can't just have a football match with officials from third world countries. Italy have played two teams so far with little or no interest in attacking once the scores have been tied up, and because of the approach and selection of Lippi it has caused a problem. Tactically they don't really seem to know what the offensive approach is. It's pointless trying to keep going down the wing as the ball often flies too far from crosses. Same problem with diagonal balls, it flies over the head of the wide man or bounces over him. The best play has been when the ball has been played shorter to feet around the midfield, and players have lined up for a shot.
The Gilardino - Iaquinta partnership is terrible and Lippi is really testing peoples patience by perservering with something that clearly doesn't work. Italy had most of the ball in this game and looked much better with Di Natale spreading the attack wider in the second half. Marchisio was yet again played out of position. You play a 4-4-2 with that team and you clearly play Pepe and Camoranesi/Maggio on the wings, not Marchisio. Taking Pepe off at HT was criminal. I thought Criscito, Montolivo, De Rossi, Zambrotta and Pepe first half did pretty well, the rest was just average and overall it was an average performance against a battling team with nothing to lose. This is the key of this World Cup so far, pressure and fear on some of the 'bigger' teams, it really wouldn't be acceptable for Italy to not qualify from this group based on tactical anomolies and pressure. It's funny how people talk about 'old Italy' based on Cannavaro and Zambrotta, if you look around the team there is a lot of inexperience and it is starting to look more like Euro 2008 than a classically slow World Cup start. The saving grace here is that Slovakia look a team shot to pieces in terms of confidence, they were average against New Zealand and dire against Paraguay today. They showed nothing of the spirit that NZ have and if Italy can't beat them then really they don't deserve to go any further.
The Gilardino - Iaquinta partnership is terrible and Lippi is really testing peoples patience by perservering with something that clearly doesn't work. Italy had most of the ball in this game and looked much better with Di Natale spreading the attack wider in the second half. Marchisio was yet again played out of position. You play a 4-4-2 with that team and you clearly play Pepe and Camoranesi/Maggio on the wings, not Marchisio. Taking Pepe off at HT was criminal. I thought Criscito, Montolivo, De Rossi, Zambrotta and Pepe first half did pretty well, the rest was just average and overall it was an average performance against a battling team with nothing to lose. This is the key of this World Cup so far, pressure and fear on some of the 'bigger' teams, it really wouldn't be acceptable for Italy to not qualify from this group based on tactical anomolies and pressure. It's funny how people talk about 'old Italy' based on Cannavaro and Zambrotta, if you look around the team there is a lot of inexperience and it is starting to look more like Euro 2008 than a classically slow World Cup start. The saving grace here is that Slovakia look a team shot to pieces in terms of confidence, they were average against New Zealand and dire against Paraguay today. They showed nothing of the spirit that NZ have and if Italy can't beat them then really they don't deserve to go any further.
- Status