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Yes yes you all know what i am gonan talk about and its teh midfield BUT!!!!!!!!!
What i am gonna say i don't think was ever discussed before here.
It is the question why our midfield has been so poor and must always depend on our number ten behind the strikers.
Italian midfielders are mostly very very good. Decent players like Albertini DiBiagio Fiore and Conte. Wings like Zambrotta and Pesotto.
But does anoyone notice anything? there is something very similar about all these players. None of them can truly carry the ball at their feet. Fiore has teh ability but is not physically strong enough to ward of body checks.
Not one of these guys carry the ball at their feet.
THAT!!!!!! my friends is the problem. Yes it is lal fine and dandy
(i hate that word) when we don't have possession and DiBiagio and Albertini are out there running like Michael Johnson...ooooops sorry.....running like Maurice Green......oooooooooops sorry.....Running like uh-duh o.K. you get my point. Sure Gigi and Demetrio run their socks off when we lose the ball and win it back but once they get the ball they almost always look to pass the ball. This has been a chronic weakness in teh Italin midfield for about two decades now.
Almost never does the midfield carry the ball and hold onto it. And often when they try to do this they fail and concede possession. Its ridiculous.
There is a certain kind of player who can do this. A player who has a passion for hard work and the technical ability to hold onto the ball in order to keep possession.
Examples of such hard working but technically gifted players are found in many places but all outside Italian nationality.
think of this there are four teams in the world that are definately and visibly better than Italy.
they are Brazil Argentina Holand and France....i shoudl probably throw in teh Czech Republic too.
Look at teh midfielders on these teams.....all players with the physical toughness and passing ability of teh Italians BUT!!!!!!! they have the ability to carry the ball that the Italians lack from midfield.
Czech Rep.
Nedved Poborsky Jankulovski and to a lesser extent Bejbl
Brazil
Emerson ZeRoberto Assunscao Vampeta ZeElias Djalminha and even themuch maligned Flavio Conseicao.
Holland
Davids Cocu Seedorf Zenden VanBronkhorst
France
Viera Petit Micoud Djorkaef Dalmat Luccin Karembaeu and even Zizou himself also does his share of defencive work
Argentina takes the cake
Redondo Zanetti Simeone GustavoLopez Veron Kily Cambiasso Gallardo even Almeyda at times can carry the ball forward.
these players all have defencive capabilities as well as the technique needed to out play the Italian midfield at any time.
What i am not saying is that all these can beat Italia....what i am saying is that Italy wil lnot be a world beating team until they invent these type of midfielders.
The only player lke this in the Italian entre system is probably Baronio....a big strong player with a liking for hard work with the technique to carry the ball at his feet.
Its all down to Baronio isn't it?
What i am gonna say i don't think was ever discussed before here.
It is the question why our midfield has been so poor and must always depend on our number ten behind the strikers.
Italian midfielders are mostly very very good. Decent players like Albertini DiBiagio Fiore and Conte. Wings like Zambrotta and Pesotto.
But does anoyone notice anything? there is something very similar about all these players. None of them can truly carry the ball at their feet. Fiore has teh ability but is not physically strong enough to ward of body checks.
Not one of these guys carry the ball at their feet.
THAT!!!!!! my friends is the problem. Yes it is lal fine and dandy
Almost never does the midfield carry the ball and hold onto it. And often when they try to do this they fail and concede possession. Its ridiculous.
There is a certain kind of player who can do this. A player who has a passion for hard work and the technical ability to hold onto the ball in order to keep possession.
Examples of such hard working but technically gifted players are found in many places but all outside Italian nationality.
think of this there are four teams in the world that are definately and visibly better than Italy.
they are Brazil Argentina Holand and France....i shoudl probably throw in teh Czech Republic too.
Look at teh midfielders on these teams.....all players with the physical toughness and passing ability of teh Italians BUT!!!!!!! they have the ability to carry the ball that the Italians lack from midfield.
Czech Rep.
Nedved Poborsky Jankulovski and to a lesser extent Bejbl
Brazil
Emerson ZeRoberto Assunscao Vampeta ZeElias Djalminha and even themuch maligned Flavio Conseicao.
Holland
Davids Cocu Seedorf Zenden VanBronkhorst
France
Viera Petit Micoud Djorkaef Dalmat Luccin Karembaeu and even Zizou himself also does his share of defencive work
Argentina takes the cake
Redondo Zanetti Simeone GustavoLopez Veron Kily Cambiasso Gallardo even Almeyda at times can carry the ball forward.
these players all have defencive capabilities as well as the technique needed to out play the Italian midfield at any time.
What i am not saying is that all these can beat Italia....what i am saying is that Italy wil lnot be a world beating team until they invent these type of midfielders.
The only player lke this in the Italian entre system is probably Baronio....a big strong player with a liking for hard work with the technique to carry the ball at his feet.
Its all down to Baronio isn't it?