Quote Originally Posted by spaldy View Post
The fundemental problem when you play "safe" and boring football is that sooner or later you have to win... either in the knockout rounds or when you are playing a critical game in group play.

He's done a good job in picking a very good team.
Yep you need a few ways of playing. Italy have evolved into a team that can attack very well but also defend like the old days of required too.

We seem to rely on the other team making a mistake eventually or a moment of brilliance rather than constantly probing and attacking.

To use the popular phrase when we are in transition from defence to attack rather than attacking with speed we tend to slow the game down and keep possession whereas a lot of teams will get the ball forward ASAP to exploit the space before any bus can resume it’s parked position!