Well that Italian World Cup side was a good side. It definitely wasn’t the best or most attractive team in the tournament but it was typically Italian at the time. A hard-working, solid defensive base out of possession and individual genius players in possession like Pirlo and Totti.
It’s pleasing to see that Italian football has moved away from that type of football though. After it’s nosedive at the end of the decade following Calciopoli, teams started to change how they operate. Coaches started to become more progressive and started to want more attractive football. Of course you still have functional coaches like Maran and Ballardini (Italy’s Tony Pulis) but generally the football played is more attractive and easy on the eye.
Buffon
Zambrotta - Nesta - Cannavaro - Grosso
Cameronesi - Gattuso - Pirlo - Perrotta
Totti
Toni
Zambrotta - Nesta - Cannavaro - Grosso
Cameronesi - Gattuso - Pirlo - Perrotta
Totti
Toni
It’s pleasing to see that Italian football has moved away from that type of football though. After it’s nosedive at the end of the decade following Calciopoli, teams started to change how they operate. Coaches started to become more progressive and started to want more attractive football. Of course you still have functional coaches like Maran and Ballardini (Italy’s Tony Pulis) but generally the football played is more attractive and easy on the eye.