Italy managed to draw 1-1 against both Paraguay and New Zealand while failing to impress despite
having seen a lot in terms of ball possession, in particular against the Kiwis when the Italians
had just over 70% in terms of ball possession. Pundits and fans alike are debating what has gone
wrong for the Azzurri in South Africa 2010 with some attributing it to the Italian tendency to
start slow referencing Spain 1982, USA 1994 and even Germany 2006.
Molto spesso si parla della carestia di nuovi difensori italiani. Dopo la trilogia dorata:
Scirea-Baresi-Cannavaro che ci ha regalato tre finali mondiali di cui due vinte,
sembra che l'Italia pallonara abbia smarrito la via dei bravi difensori. La
vulgata dice che se gli attaccanti italiani proliferano, per andare a scovare difensori italici,
bisogna prendere il lanternino: nel calcio i luoghi comuni abbondano.
Milan falls to Palermo and is now in danger of ceding the third and final automatic CL spot to
either Sampdoria or Palermo. The younger and hungrier Rosanero over ran the
Rossoneri. Palermo's rivals for the fourth spot bested Milan last weekend. This Milan team
is a pale shadow of a team that once boasted Maldini, Tassotti, Baresi, and Costacurta to stop the
opposition from scoring.
Serie A bu hafta sonu sezonu kapatırken ligin sonuna Milan-Juventus maçının kalması ve iki
takımın da zirve hedeflerinden kopmuş olması maçın heyecanına darbe vurmuş oldu. Bu maça
bir önem ithaf edecek olursak Leonardo'nun hoca olarak Milan'ın başındaki son maçı olduğunu
söyleyebiliriz.
In my post "The Bard's 100 Best Soccer Players: Series Preview", I promised you that I William
J. Shakespeare (aka "The Bard") would offer up unto you 100 posts about the most gifted gents to
ever play the greatest game on the globe: soccer. But, alas, the Final Act of the Bard's blogging
career is now upon us, and I must forge on to other literary endeavors without finishing my magnum
opus.
"El Milán de Sacchi cambió para siempre el fútbol con una nueva forma de
defender"
La frase es de Emilio Butragueño, que sufrió en sus carnes una forma
colectiva perfecta de defender.
El Milán de Arrigo Sacchi fue el mejor equipo del mundo desde 1989 hasta 1995,
ya bajo la dirección de Fabio Capello.
