What I loved about last night's game between Holland and Italy was the rare sight of an Italian side being given the hurry-up. Two-down at half-time is not a situation that they are at all used to dealing with. Usually they wear the seen-it-all look of men who are confident that the result at the end of the ninety minutes will be close and in their favour. Seeing them forced to inject some urgency into their time-honoured way of doing things was the first really interesting spectacle of this championship.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Italian takeaway
What I loved about last night's game between Holland and Italy was the rare sight of an Italian side being given the hurry-up. Two-down at half-time is not a situation that they are at all used to dealing with. Usually they wear the seen-it-all look of men who are confident that the result at the end of the ninety minutes will be close and in their favour. Seeing them forced to inject some urgency into their time-honoured way of doing things was the first really interesting spectacle of this championship.
Holland were quite good an'all. Mind Spain have just scored a third and are looking well tasty.
ReplyDeleteI laughed and laughed so much my clogs fell right off
ReplyDeleteDoing anything quickly is countercultural for Italians. Apart from driving, I guess. That's why they started the Slow Food movement.
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