If Italy made it instead of Sweden and found itself in the easier part of the draw, as Sweden has, I wouldn't have excluded a WC final
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Ventura or not, they aren't worse than Russia, Sweden, Switzerland or England, and with a strong defensive display, of which they are well capable, they could have eliminated Croatia or Colombia.
It's a damn shame they didn't make it.