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I am not surprised by Serbia's victory. The Serbian national team has excellent players and, compared to Portugal, they had nothing to lose.
I am not even surprised by the quality of Serbian football. Eastern Europe, for me, has always given birth to the best players in the history of football (perhaps more than Argentina and Brazil). The only problem is that Serbia, like all Eastern European nationals, will lose its lucidity. The worst enemy of Eastern European football is only one: being too emotional. Yugoslavia deserved to win at least 2 world championships, Puskas' Hungary and Czechoslovakia idem but ... nothing. Wonderful national teams such as Stoičkov's Bulgaria, Lato-Boniek and Lewandoski's Poland, Dzeko's Bosnia and Herzegovina, Suker and Modric's Croatia, the Czech Republic and the USSR would have deserved much, much more but ... nothing .
Having said that, I wish Serbia to play an excellent World Cup.
On the other hand, the challenge between Spain and Sweden is different. The Scandinavians lost the direct qualification by losing badly in Georgia. Sweden missed a great chance against a Spain no longer at the levels of 2008-2012.
Tonight is going to be a great football night. A challenge to the last goal. Italy will face tough Northern Ireland in Belfast ... and Switzerland will face Bulgaria at home. We Italians always manage to complicate our lives by ourselves ... the group, if Jorginho, did not miss the two penalties against Switzerland was won. Perhaps this is also what makes Italy's victories such epic challenges. The Italian suffering makes the public feel emotionally involved. It gives the feeling that, thanks to the willpower, the spit blood and the heart, beyond the talent of the opponents, it is always possible to triumph. I say this: if Italy returns to the World Cup, the final of 2022 will be Argentina - Italy. These difficulties, the same that Italy suffered in the 1982 World Cup round and with Alaba's Austria in 2020, are the same that are often found along the path of the champions (a non-Italian example? 'Uruguay towards the 1950 World Cup). Maybe these are the words of a simple fan? I was not wrong when I thought we would win the Europeans and I think I am not wrong now. Then ... if another national team wins, I will honor the winner and be happy for their people. Winning a World Cup is an extraordinary emotion that everyone should feel.
I am not even surprised by the quality of Serbian football. Eastern Europe, for me, has always given birth to the best players in the history of football (perhaps more than Argentina and Brazil). The only problem is that Serbia, like all Eastern European nationals, will lose its lucidity. The worst enemy of Eastern European football is only one: being too emotional. Yugoslavia deserved to win at least 2 world championships, Puskas' Hungary and Czechoslovakia idem but ... nothing. Wonderful national teams such as Stoičkov's Bulgaria, Lato-Boniek and Lewandoski's Poland, Dzeko's Bosnia and Herzegovina, Suker and Modric's Croatia, the Czech Republic and the USSR would have deserved much, much more but ... nothing .
Having said that, I wish Serbia to play an excellent World Cup.
On the other hand, the challenge between Spain and Sweden is different. The Scandinavians lost the direct qualification by losing badly in Georgia. Sweden missed a great chance against a Spain no longer at the levels of 2008-2012.
Tonight is going to be a great football night. A challenge to the last goal. Italy will face tough Northern Ireland in Belfast ... and Switzerland will face Bulgaria at home. We Italians always manage to complicate our lives by ourselves ... the group, if Jorginho, did not miss the two penalties against Switzerland was won. Perhaps this is also what makes Italy's victories such epic challenges. The Italian suffering makes the public feel emotionally involved. It gives the feeling that, thanks to the willpower, the spit blood and the heart, beyond the talent of the opponents, it is always possible to triumph. I say this: if Italy returns to the World Cup, the final of 2022 will be Argentina - Italy. These difficulties, the same that Italy suffered in the 1982 World Cup round and with Alaba's Austria in 2020, are the same that are often found along the path of the champions (a non-Italian example? 'Uruguay towards the 1950 World Cup). Maybe these are the words of a simple fan? I was not wrong when I thought we would win the Europeans and I think I am not wrong now. Then ... if another national team wins, I will honor the winner and be happy for their people. Winning a World Cup is an extraordinary emotion that everyone should feel.
). If Italy, unlike last night in Belfast, finds its purposeful game and recovers the many injured, it is the Swedes who must be afraid of the European champions.