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It's a real shame Italy are out, though it was a great match at the end. If Slovakia's midfielders hadn't made it policy to foul any Italian with the ball it might have been more interesting for the other seventy minutes.
I don't think it's a shame at all. I hate watching them. In the first rounds they always plod along and rarely do anything with the ball offensively. It's been along time since they've had any flash, Roberto Baggio's mullet was at least interesting back in the day.
Does anyone know when Italian teams started flopping at the smallest bump? They weren't terrible this go around, although they did spend more time on the ground than most other teams, but thinking back I can't remember when they didn't embellish their flops.
Edit - pic of the mullet
http://www.plagueofthemullet.com/images/mullets/Roberto_Baggio_mullet.jpg
Edited, Jun 24th 2010 4:56pm by baelnic 
