>top 5 in most recent winter olympics>beats England at rugby>beats USA at baseballAre they officially a sports powerhouse?
America is currently throwing to America to eliminate mexico
>>153815770They don't care about anything except qualifying for the world cup, that's the only thing that can complete the redemption arc
>>153815982It's weird that all you have to do is have Italian ancestry to play for themIf I knew that I would have picked them beforehand
>>153816047this meme exhibition gimmick wouldn't work any other way
>>153816047could they even find enough players born in Italy?
>>153815770This is what happens when a country finally outgrows divegrass
>>153816047not weird at all kek, parental heritage is valid for representing a country in virtually every international athletic domain including the olympics and FIFA
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>>153816047you seem upset
>>153818427Nope. You gotta bribe a lot of officials in the country of origin to represent another country.
>>153815770>lose to norway at footballfun stops
>>153817390no, but maybe >we could repurpose a few jeet cricket players
>>153815770You know what, I will put you higher in my rankings. Above the UK. My top five sporting countries are USA, Ireland, Aus, Italy, France. UK would be sixth. France would be above Italy, but these recent wins are impressive.
>>153815770That England rugby game said more about the state of England than being praise for Italy but yeah they are usually always consistent at providing a decent performance.
>>153815770When did they stop being a sports powerhouse?
>>153817390Italy has took part in olympic baseball before many times
>>153815770we're so back broswatch us get killed by mexico and eliminated tho
>>153820648in 2017 after not overcoming Swemalia or losing to norf macncheese on March 24th 2022, you decide
>>153819327>Nope.Yep.
Italy is also not bad in softball. They have some thick bitches on their teams if you ever manage to catch a game. I watch more softball than I do baseball.
>>153816047I feel like it should only count if the Italian heritage comes from your fathers side and you have the surname. I have an irish/german mother and I don't really look Italian, but always identified with Italian Americans because my father is 100% Italian.
>>153820537But England were on like a 10 game winning streak before the Scotland game
>>153827570> I don't really look ItalianDo you look similar to Marco Verratti?
