09-19-2002, 09:15 AM
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Originally posted by B_part:
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Originally posted by Deathbringer:
That is true, the fifa world ranking system is warped and doesn't mean sh*t! Do you really believe that the USA has what it takes to deafeat the likes of England or Italy!?
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Well...Ehm...
According to the last matches played by Italy, USA has all it takes to win against us.
Just a couple of reminders:
1)Italy was kicked out of World Cup by losing 2-1 against South Korea. There sure was some doubt about the referee(well, no doubt, just a certainty, ask Spain who got kicked out the following turn...), but this doesn't change the fact that we should have sent 'em home to mom with a 4-0.
2)The last two friendly matches was Italy - Azerbaijan 2-0;
Yes, we won... but only 2-0 against Azerbaijan??!! They are 109, somewhere between Uganda and Gabon...
So, don't undervalue USA so much, in fact they got farther than us there in the East.[/QUOTE] 1)Er.. you must remember that Italy were very unlucky in the Worldcup. They had numerous goals ruled against them. Two or three goals that Italy scored were disallowed due to offside, but in the replay it was proven that it was bad judgement on the linesmen side. The last World cup was the worst in history when it came to linesmen making the wrong decision.
2)Friendly's doesn't mean anything. Managers often use friendly's just to try out new members, or give the bench a run. Also players don't put in as much effort in Friendly's compared to their club games because they don't want to get an injury that will put them on the sidelines during their club games. I highly doubt that Italy were playing to the best of their ability.
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