>>142118077
>this is literally the worse Italy team of all time
yeah, this is not even an exaggeration. never seen anything nearly as bad as this team getting called "italy". changing the name on the jersey for the saturday game might not even be a bad idea.

>>142118077
Honestly I could see you guys going all the way to the finals. At the very least you are fun to watch so I'll be routing for you against Switzerland.

>>142118077
You'll out-slurp us in the QFs

Everyone else in the bracket will shit the bed at the pressure of the knockouts. Netherlands is the only real threat, and if you slurp your way to penalties you should beat them

>too young to remember the Eder - Pellé duo
it was just 8 years ago what are you middleschoolers?

>>142118077
Not this time though

>>142118178
We had better everywhere else though. In this Italy everyone is a fraud other than the gk

>>142118200
Chiesa?

>>142118178
what
the defense was so much better
even eder and pellè were unironically better than what we have now

>>142118212
old and washed out

least self hating italian

>>142118212
Three years of Allegriball (he hates Chiesa for unknow reasons) destroyed him. He's nowhere the player he was in the EURO 2020.

>>142118178
Pelle > Retegui/Scacacca

>>142118178
I watched Italy since 1996. This is objectively the worst lineup ever.
Retegui-Scamacca is the worst of all time, in comparison Pelle’-Eder is Brazil airport Nike commercial from 98

Mad to think Italy didn't even play both Del Piero and Totti when they won the WC

>>142118119
Euro 2016 team was worse
De Sciglio, Zaza, Pellè, Sturaro, Eder, Giaccherini
World Cup 2014 was good, only Abate and Paletta were out of place

isn't Scamacca good

>>142119113
only an interfag would not admit this is the shittiest we've ever been in our history

>>142119122
west ham legend

2016 was worse, giaccherini pelle eder zaza de sciglio sturaro florenzi in or around the starting lineup, though that Italy played a lot better and looked a million times more convincing

>>142119076
We did at times
Against Germany for example
>>142119150
What the fuck are you even talking about?

>>142118077
>we give the best when nobody is expecting anything from us

So basically all the time

loved that little spinazolla nigga from the last tournament
shame he never got good again after he heemed his hammy

>>142119229
Not the hamstring, it was the Achilles tendon
And it was 3 years after he tore his ACL
Crazy unlucky guy

>>142119282
RIP
just looked up his player profile and seems he got yet another injury at the tailend of the season just gone
guy can't catch a break

>>142119227
If there's one thing Italians hates more than putting any effort more than deemed necessary is losing face. This team will collapse the instant they feel losing isn't such a big deal anymore.

>>142119282
the Italian Pjaca

Then maybe the team isn't that bad, you fucking redditor?

>>142118895
not really though

>defending champions
>nobody expects anything from italy

>>142119113
giaccherinho was better than pellegrini

>>142119564
that doesn’t mean anything for tournaments that happen every 4 years

>>142118077
Going to lose 1-0 to Switzerland

>>142118077
i believe this. you're weird enough to win consecutive Euros while not even reaching the world cup since 2014

>>142119581
>nobody expected anything of spain in 2012 because the ladt euro was in 2008
Also
>inb4 muh 2010 world cup 2 years earlier
Not much different from the 2021 euro which was barely 3 years ago

>>142119584
this will happen

>>142119621
this is a completely different team, anybody who watched 5 minutes of the current team wouldn’t expect anything (reasonably so), 3 years is still a lot in my opinion.

>donnarumma
Good
>di lorenzo
Not great but won the league less 1 year ago
>bastoni
Just won the league
>calafiori
Decent
>dimarco
Just won the league
>barella
Just wok the league
>jorginho
Starter in arsenal, good
>pellegrini
Decent
>frattesi
Decent, just won the league but will probably get benched
>chiesa
Only true weak point but already got benched
>scamacca
Just won the europa league
>zaccagni
Good
If you think this team is bad it's because you're a pussy shitalian who's afraid of having any kind of standard or responsability, at least the english always believe in their team and are upfront about not meeting expectations, shitalians just hide behind this retarded claim that "we weren't supposed to go far in the tournament anyway, this is le worst squad ever"

Why isn't Italy producing great players anymore?

>>142119696
>on paper
they played like absolute shite as a team so far, Instill believe they can improve

>>142119708
They are, some of them just won the euros in 2021

>>142119708
They are, the younger generation consistenly wins tournaments. However italy never fields young players either nationally or in serie A. they sit on the bench until they are 25 and over the hill. It's actually full on retarded how they treat their young talent

>>142119696
we're shit and you know it

Chiesa is their best attacking player, and let’s be honest, he’s mostly just a runner, whose body is now failing him. Is he even as good as his father? (who was way down the list of great 1990s Italian strikers)

>>142119755
Evidently not though, they're at least above the level of shit since they're in the round of 16
>they didn't deserve it
Still qualified, if anything the late goal shows experience by some players in dealing with pressure

>>142119805
just imagine Donnarumma gets injured, we would lose to San Marino

>>142119728
You won't face a midfield as good as Spain or Croatia again until the final. You have more than enough quality there to control the game against anyone else you play and avoid too much pressure on your defence.
So 1-0 most of this bracket, or take it to penalties - England or Holland will crack

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2010 Italy was way worse

>crocked Zambrotta
>Juventus centrebacks in the season they conceded like 60 goals in Serie A (Cannavaro had already decided to fuck off to the Emirates league before it was cool)
>Criscito
>Montolivo
>Iaquinta
>fucking Udinese block

Only good players in the lineup were Buffon, which came off injured and skipped the following games, De Rossi (the most in form player that summer by a mile) and Di Natale maybe. That's it.

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>>142119880
NOOOOOOOOO LE EPIC DI CHRISTMASERINO!!!! HE WAS SO EPIC AND COOL???? UGHHHH I'M NOSTALGIAIINNGGGGGGGGGG

pasta is shit! fuck you italians! vaffanculo!

>>142119919
rude

>>142119909
1990. All the way to the semis with a southern deck worker as a striker.

Fratelli, what part of Italy are you from? For me, its Firenze

Bvll: >>142119919

Mo strikers are relevant in NT tournaments

It doesn't have the superstar names of old but it's really not that bad.

>>142119696
scamacca has sucked so far

>>142120092
They've know they've stumbled into the easiest draw they've ever had and don't want to jinx it.
Getting out of the group was the challenge - they've not only managed that, but somehow all the other good teams will eliminate each other and they have a clear path to the final

>>142119735
trvthnvke
very few players like chiesa got to debut and actually start serie a games as teens

>>142120340
so are you conceding the fact that England is shite as well?

>>142120340
>they have a clear path to the final
Nah, our manager is too bald, too dumb and too proud of being dumb to endure all the pressure

>>142118077
>STAY WINNING ITALIAN CHADS
inb4 we miss the 3rd mondials in a row and it's all your fault

>>142120469
Spalletti is one of italy's biggest strenghts you poorfag

>>142120506
ok homo

>>142120421
England are playing even worse than Italy lol. Imagine that Spain midfield passing around them.
The only two big fish on Italy's side of the draw are England and Netherlands, both notorious for choking. Netherlands don't seem to get memed on like England for penalty losses, but their shootout record is even worse (England have won 30% of shootouts, Netherlands only 25%).
Of the other teams, yes Romania and Switzerland and Austria have shown a lot of energy and desire in the group stages, but do you really back them to beat Italy in a big knockout match?

>>142120489
god I wish so

>>142120489
a kino turn of events would be to win two euros back to back and don’t qualify for any wc in between, the fortress evropa timeline.