What happened? Why wasn't he and Nesta playing?
They were both raped by Marco Van Basten prior to the game, and subsequently told staff they felt unwell.
They need to bring back Maldini.
>>147978Italian football is based around defense, they really shouldnt be relying on Il Capitano or someone equal. Nesta is only 32 but Italy should have enough quality to have other players who are just as good.
>>147978and Trapattoni, and Cannavaro, and the same humble spirit they've been holding at the World Cup.Instead yesterday they started all like "LULZ WE R TEH WURRRLD CHUMPEANS HURR DURR" and got raped.in the ass.IN THE FUCKING ASS.
All I have got to say, is that Van Der Sar played his fucking ASS off. I live in Rome, and I was crushed by the loss, but let's face it. We were out played. Good game Netherlands, they really pushed for the win and it showed.
What happened to Pippo Inzhagi? How can he not be in the squad? He's the greatest Italian striker of all time.
>>148023as Sir Alex said, Inzaghi was born offsides.I liked what Cassano did while he was on the field, I felt we needed the loss to bring us back down to earth, I didn't like the air surrounding the national side prior to the match.
I DONT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE RESULT! WE ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS AND NO FUCKING COUNTRY IN EUROPE HAS SO MANY TITLES THAN ITALY HAS!!!
>>148045living in the past isn't a solution
>>148045Italy:4 times World Champion, but twice under Mussolini's reign, and one time European championGermany:3 times World Champion, and 3 times European championThats Cheataly 5 and Germany 6
Mon the Dutch!I dunno what happened to you guys, but something tells me you'll still qualify over Romania and France, Italy was bad but they were fucking worse.
>>148051So Mussolini directly effected the National Team?
Yeah he was right forward
They didn't have Totti. Oh and bring back Maldini.
>>148069Worst idea EVER. The side is already aging, bring some fucking youth in.
The problem was that Luca Toni sucked ass. He had several clear chances and couldn't finish any of them. Pippo Inzhagi would have had a hattrick.
>>148077True. Bring in Giovinco and Rossi, faggots.
>>148082The problem was that Van Der Sar brought his fucking A game.
>>148085I fucking agree 100%, what the hell are we gonna do in South Africa when the current squad is too old? throw some youth out there? Euro means nothing to me, it should be a platform to bring our youth into a big tournament.
>>148087Lol no. EURO should be more important than the World Cup. It's certainly harder to win. The World Cup is just Europe vs Brazil/Argentina, all the other countries suck donkey cocks.But Giovinco is fucking awesome. So is Rossi.
>>148098Right, harder to win. Because taking teams like Brasil and Argentina out of the competition surely make it harder to win.
But, seriously, Italy has fucking incredible young players. Giovinco, Rossi, Criscito, Acquafresca, Chiellini, Aquilani, Paloschi, Balotelli...and De Rossi as the leader. Has the potential to be a better generation than the current one.
South Africa is a shithole.
Good thing all these supreme Asian and African teams get slots to those weak European teams
>>148117Young players don't know how to defend. It is something that only comes with experience.
>>148119Says the Greek...
>>148124Don't KNOW how to defend? You're an idiot right?
>>148124And how are they going to learn to defend on a national stage? SURELY YOU MUST BE KIDDING ME IF YOU THINK IT WILL COME WITH EXPERIENCE ON THE SIDE, GOOD SIR!
>>148126Greece - GDP Per capita: $29,172South Africa - GDP Per capita: $10,600 (and it is going down).Are you black?
>>147989Dutchfag here. Thanks a bunch, van der Sar did have a stormer, especially on Pirlo's freekick near the end.It was squeaky bum time with Del Piero on though, he really went for it. And reshuffling the midfield to take off all the AC Milan dinosaurs was a proper move, shame the starting lineup sucked so bad.
>>148137>http://plus4chan.org/boards/n/Go back to your cave greasy hairy-faced Greek.
>>148158are you black?
>>148158>>148137Do blacks hate greeks?
>>148883No, britfags do. A lot.
>>148119Botswana is cheating