sbando wrote:but today it was the Italians as we knew them in the 60's-70's.
Yes "catenaccio" Nereo Rocco's (not related to Rocco Siffredi

After the great yesterday's match played by Russia seeing Italy play
tonight, with almost always 9 player defending, was a pain...
We totally deserved to get out...
Now looking at the 4 teams that got to the semi-finals i feel like
quoting 80's English striker Gary Lineker: "Football is a game played by 22 players. And in the end Germany wins"