By serialfiller on Skatehive
We Italians are very good at belittling the successes of others and exalting our own. When Italy won the European Championship we did not ask ourselves how and why, but we simply welcomed the victory with an almost epic triumphalism. No one pointed out that Italy had won a European Championship without ever winning a match in regulation time from the eighth round onwards, except against Belgium and suffering like crazy. No one observed how every time Mancini had to make a change, he ended up playing with marginal people like the ignoble Bernardeschi, the tired Belotti, the dull Cristante, the adapted Toloi. We were all too happy to see the limits of that national team. Today, since we are out of the World Cup and we will have to pass through the Playoffs, we have all become coaches again, ready to hope and, at the same time, to stain that national team that 3 months ago gave us so much joy. It would be nice if in this country we would bring forward our critical spirit always and in any